AP Language & Composition Vocabulary Unit 8 Flashcards

6163891508	Acrimonious	(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone	0
6163891509	Bovine	(adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive	1
6163891510	Conducive	(adj.) tending to promote or assist, helpful, favorable	2
6163891511	Consternation	(n.) dismay, confusion	3
6163891512	Corpulent	(adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body	4
6163891513	Disavow	(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with	5
6163891514	Dispassionate	(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion	6
6163891515	Dissension	(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion	7
6163891516	Dissipate	(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure	8
6163891517	elan	(n.) an enthusiastic vigor and liveliness, spirit; a flair	9
6163891518	Expurgate	(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify	10
6163891519	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
6163891520	Hypothetical	(adj.) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation	12
6163891521	Ignoble	(adj) mean, low, base	13
6163891522	Impugn	(v.) to call into question; to attack as false	14
6163891523	Intermperate	(adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement	15
6163891524	Odium	(n.) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct	16
6163891525	Perfidy	(n.) faithlessness, treachery	17
6163891526	Relegate	(v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish	18
6163891527	Squeamish	(adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined	19
6163891528	Subservient	(adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; serving to promote some end; submissively obedient	20
6163891529	Susceptible	(adj) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance	21