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Question 1

Acrimonious

Answer 1

(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone

Question 2

Bovine

Answer 2

(adj.) resembling a cow or ox;
sluggish, unresponsive

Question 3

Consternation

Answer 3

(n.) dismay, confusion

Question 4

Corpulent

Answer 4

(adj.) obese, having a large bulky body

Question 5

Disavow

Answer 5

(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with

Question 6

Dispassionate

Answer 6

(adj.) impartial;
calm, free from emotion

Question 7

Dissension

Answer 7

(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

Question 8

Dissipate

Answer 8

(v.) to cause to disappear;
to scatter, dispel;
to spend foolishly, squander;
to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure

Question 9

Expurgate

Answer 9

(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text;
to cleanse, purify

Question 10

Gauntlet

Answer 10

(n.) an armored or protective glove;
a challenge;
an ordeal

Question 11

Hypothetical

Answer 11

(adj.) based on an assumption or guess; supposed

Question 12

Ignoble

Answer 12

(adj.) mean, low, base, inferior

Question 13

Impugn

Answer 13

(v.) to call into question;
challenge, question

Question 14

Intemperate

Answer 14

(adj.) immoderate, lacking in self control;
inclement

Question 15

Odium

Answer 15

(n.) hatred, contempt;
disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct

Question 16

Perfidy

Answer 16

(n.) faithlessness, treachery

Question 17

Relegate

Answer 17

(v.) to place in a lower position;
to assign, refer, turn over;
to banish

Question 18

Squeamish

Answer 18

(adj.) inclined to nausea;
easily shocked or upset;
excessively fastidious or refined

Question 19

Subservient

Answer 19

(adj.) subordinate in capacity or role;
submissively obedient;
serving to promote some end

Question 20

Susceptible

Answer 20

(adj.) open to;
easily influenced;
lacking in resistance