AP Language & Composition Vocabulary Unit 8 Flashcards

11218030455	Acrimonious	adj. stinging, bitter in temper or tone	0
11218030456	Bovine	adj. resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive	1
11218030457	Consternation	n. dismay, confusion	2
11218030458	Corpulent	adj. fat; having a large, bulky body	3
11218030459	Disavow	v. to deny responsibility for or connection with	4
11218030460	Dispassionate	adj. impartial; calm, free from emotion	5
11218030461	Dissension	n. disagreement, sharp difference of opinion	6
11218030462	Dissipate	v. to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure	7
11218030463	Expurgate	v to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify	8
11218030464	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	9
11218030465	Hypothetical	adj. based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation	10
11218030466	Ignoble	adj mean, low, base	11
11218030467	Impugn	v. to call into question; to attack as false	12
11218030468	Intermperate	adj. immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement	13
11218030469	Odium	n. hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct	14
11218030470	Perfidy	n faithlessness, treachery	15
11218030471	Relegate	v. to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish	16
11218030472	Squeamish	adj. inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined	17
11218030473	Subservient	adj. subordinate in capacity or role; serving to promote some end; submissively obedient	18
11218030474	Susceptible	adj open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance	19