English Unit 8

dissipate
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Terms in this set (22)
dissipate
disperse or scatter
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elan
energy, style, and enthusiasm
Image: elan
disavow
to deny responsibility
Image: disavow
conducive
supportive; encouraging; helping to bring about
Image: conducive
expurgate
(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify
Image: expurgate
Disspassionate
impartial; calm, free from emotion
Image: Disspassionate
consternation
feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected
Image: consternation
dissension
disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
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bovine
(adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
Image: bovine
acrimonious
angry and bitter
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corpulent(adj.) fat; having a large, bulky bodysubservientprepared to obey others unquestioninglyperfidyfaithlessness, treachery, untrustworthinesshypotheticalbased on an assumption or guessimpugn(v.) to call into question; to attack as falseodiumhatredintemperatelacking moderation; severe or extremeignobledishonorable; shamefulsqueamishinclined to nausea; easily shocked or upsetsuseptibleAble to be influencedgauntlet(n.) 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 ordealrelegateassign to a lower position

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