Vocab Unit 8
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missmeliss123 on February 9, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone syn: biting, caustic, rancorous, hostile, peevish ant: gentle, warm, mild, friendly, cordial |
| bovine | resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive syn: stolid, dull, slow, stupid ant: alert, sharp, bright, keen, quick |
| consternation | dismay, confusion syn: shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay ant: calm, composure, aplomb |
| corpulent | fat; having a large, bulky body syn: overweight, heavy, obese, stout, portly ant: slender, lean, spare, gaunt, emaciated |
| disavow | to deny responsibility for or connection with syn: disown, disclaim, retract, abjure ant: acknowledge, admit, grant, certify |
| dispassionate | impartial; calm, free from emotion syn: unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached ant: committed, engaged, partial, biased |
| dissension | disagreement, sharp difference of opinion syn: strife, discord, contention ant: agreement, accord, harmony |
| dissipate | to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure syn: disperse, strew, diffuse, waste ant: gather, collect, conserve, husband |
| expurgate | to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify syn: purge, censor, bowdlerize |
| gauntlet | an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal syn: dare, provocation, trial, punishment |
| hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation syn: assumed, supposed, conjectural, conditional ant: actual, real, tested, substatiated |
| ignoble | mean, low, base syn: inferior, unworthy, dishonorable, sordid ant: admirable, praiseworthy, lofty, noble |
| impugn | to call into question; to attack as false syn: challenge, deny, dispute, query, question ant: confirm, prove, verify, validate |
| intemperate | immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement syn: excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate ant: moderate, restrained, cool and collected |
| odium | hatred, contempt,; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct syn:abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy ant: esteem, admiration, approbation |
| perfidy | faithlessness, treachery syn: betrayal, disloyalty, treason, duplicity ant: faithfulness, loyalty, steadfastness |
| relegate | to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish syn: transfer, consign, demote, exile ant: promote, elevate, advance, recall |
| squeamish | inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined syn: nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish |
| subservient | subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end syn: secondary, servile, obsequious, useful ant: primary, principal, bossy, domineering |
| susceptible | open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance syn: vulnerable, receptive, impressionable ant: resistant, immune |
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