Vocab 8 12 B Flashcards
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8304184321 | acrimonious | stinging, biting in temper or tone | 0 | |
8304184322 | bovine | resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive | 1 | |
8304196434 | consternation | dismay, confusion | 2 | |
8304197916 | corpulent | fat; having a large, bulky body | 3 | |
8304199420 | disavow | to deny responsibility for or connection with | 4 | |
8304284197 | dispassionate | impartial; calm, free from emotion | 5 | |
8304203118 | dissension | disagreement, sharp difference of opinion | 6 | |
8304205562 | dissipate | to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure | 7 | |
8304212040 | expurgate | to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify | 8 | |
8304215954 | 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 | 9 | |
8304223349 | hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation | 10 | |
8304228540 | ignoble | mean, low, base | 11 | |
8304230977 | impugn | to call into question; to attack as false | 12 | |
8304234711 | intemperate | immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement | 13 | |
8304238150 | odium | hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct | 14 | |
8304241285 | perfidy | faithlessness, treachery | 15 | |
8304243223 | relegate | to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish | 16 | |
8304245944 | squeamish | inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined | 17 | |
8304254309 | susceptible | open to; easily influence; lacking in resistance | 18 | |
8304250467 | subservient | subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient serving to promote some end | 19 |