Sadlier Oxford Vocab Unit F level 8

Question 1

ACRIMONIOUS

Answer 1

(adj.) Full of bitterness

Question 2

BOVINE

Answer 2

(adj.) Sluggish, unresponsive; Dull

Question 3

CONDUCIVE

Answer 3

(adj.) Contributing to an end, beneficial

Question 4

CONSTERNATION

Answer 4

(n.) Panic, confusion

Question 5

CORPULENT

Answer 5

(adj.) Very fat; Obese

Question 6

DISAVOW

Answer 6

(v.) To deny responsibility for

Question 7

DISPASSIONATE

Answer 7

(adj.) Unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice

Question 8

DISSENSION

Answer 8

(n.) Difference of opinion or feeling; Disagreement

Question 9

DISSIPATE

Answer 9

(v.) To disperse or disappear

Question 10

EXPURGATE

Answer 10

(v.) To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from a text

Question 11

GAUNTLET

Answer 11

(n.) An onslaught or attack from all sides; A protective glove from medieval times

Question 12

HYPOTHETICAL

Answer 12

(adj.) Based on a theory, assumption or guess

Question 13

IGNOBLE

Answer 13

(adj.) Not noble

Question 14

IMPUGN

Answer 14

(v.) To call into question; To challenge as false

Question 15

INTEMPERATE

Answer 15

(adj.) Excessive use, especially with alcoholic beverages; Lack of self-control

Question 16

ODIUM

Answer 16

(n.) A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust; Intense hatred

Question 17

PERFIDY

Answer 17

(n.) Faithlessness; Treachery

Question 18

RELEGATE

Answer 18

(v.) To assign or remove, usually to an inferior or lower position

Question 19

SQUEAMISH

Answer 19

(adj.) Easily nauseated or sickened

Question 20

SUBSERVIENT

Answer 20

(adj.) Acting subordinate to another; Submissive

Question 21

SUSCEPTIBLE

Answer 21

(adj.) Easily influenced by power or emotion

Question 22

ÉLAN

Answer 22

(n.) Enthusiastic vigor and liveliness; distinctive flair