Level F Unit 8 Vocabulary: Word List & Interactive Quizlet Study Guide
Word List
- acrimonious
(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone - hypothetical
(adj.) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation - bovine
(adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive - ignoble
(adj.) mean, low, base - consternation
(n.) dismay, confusion - impugn
(v.) to call into question; to attack as false - corpulent
(adj.) having a large, bulky body - intemperate
(adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement - disavow
(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with - odium
(n.) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct - dispassionate
(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion - perfidy
(n.) faithlessness, treachery - dissension
(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion - relegate
(v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish - dissipate
(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure - squeamish
(adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined - expurgate
(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify - subservient
(adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end - 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 - susceptible
(adj.) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance
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