AP Language & Composition Vocabulary Unit 8 Flashcards

7729097223	Acrimonious	(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone	0
7729097224	Bovine	(adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive	1
7729097225	Conducive	(adj.) tending to promote or assist, helpful, favorable	2
7729097226	Consternation	(n.) dismay, confusion	3
7729097227	Corpulent	(adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body	4
7729097228	Disavow	(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with	5
7729097229	Dispassionate	(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion	6
7729097230	Dissension	(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion	7
7729097231	Dissipate	(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure	8
7729097232	Élan	(n.) an enthusiastic vigor and liveliness, spirit; a flair	9
7729097233	Expurgate	(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify	10
7729097234	Gauntlet	(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 ordeal	11
7729097235	Hypothetical	(adj.) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation	12
7729097236	Ignoble	(adj) mean, low, base	13
7729097237	Impugn	(v.) to call into question; to attack as false	14
7729097238	Intermperate	(adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement	15
7729097239	Odium	(n.) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct	16
7729097240	Perfidy	(n.) faithlessness, treachery	17
7729097241	Relegate	(v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish	18
7729097242	Squeamish	(adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined	19
7729097243	Subservient	(adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; serving to promote some end; submissively obedient	20
7729097244	Susceptible	(adj) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance	21