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acrimonious |
stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
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bovine |
resembling a cow or ox, sluggish, unresponsive |
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consternation |
dismay, confusion |
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corpulent |
fat, having a large, bulky body |
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disavow |
to deny responsibility for or connection with |
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dispassionate |
impartial, calm, free from emotion |
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dissension |
disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
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dissipate |
to cause to disppear, to scatter, dispel, to spend foolishly, squander, to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
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expurgate |
to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text, to cleanse purify |
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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 |
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hypothetical |
based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
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ignoble |
mean, low, base |
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impugn |
to call into question; to attack as false |
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intemperate |
immoderate; lacking in self-control; inclement |
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odium |
hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
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perfidy |
faithlessness, treachery |
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relegate |
to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
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squeamish |
inclined to nausea, easily shocked or upset, excessively fastidious or refined |
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subservient |
subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient, serving to promote some end |
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susceptible |
open to, easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
