Vocab Unit 8


adj; stinging, bitter in temper or tone, hostile


acrimonious


adj; sluggish, unresponsive, slow, dull


bovine


n; dismay, confusion, shock


consternation


adj; fat


corpulent


v; to deny responsibility for or connection with


disavow


adj; impartial, calm, disinterested


dispassionate


n; to cause to disappear, scatter, disperse


dissipate


v; to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text, to cleanse or purify


exupurgate


n; an armored or protective glove, a challenge or dare


gauntlet


adj; based on an assumption or guess, used as a guide


hypothetical


adj; mean, low, unworthy


ignoble


v; to call into question, to attack as false, challenge


impugn


adj; lacking in self-control, excessive


intemperate


n; hatred, shame


odium


n; faithlessness, betrayal


perfidy


v; to place in a lower position, assign


relegate


adj; inclined to nausea, easily shocked or upset


squeamish


adj; secondary in capacity or role


subservient


adj; open to, easily influenced


susceptible


n; disagreement, sharp difference of opinion


dissension