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Sadlier Unit 8 (01.15.2021) Flashcards

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(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone

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Acrimonious

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S: biting, caustic, rancorous, hostile, peevish

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Acrimonious

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A: gentle, warm, mild, friendly, cordial

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Acrimonious

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

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Bovine

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S: stolid, dull, slow, stupid

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Bovine

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A: alert, sharp, bright, keen, quick

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Bovine

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(n.) dismay, confusion

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Consternation

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S: shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay

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Consternation

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A: calm, composure, aplomb

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Consternation

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(adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body

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Corpulent

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S: overweight, heavy, obese, stout, portly

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Corpulent

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A: slender, lean, spare, gaunt, emaciated

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Corpulent

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(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with

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Disavow

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S: disown, disclaim, retract, abjure

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Disavow

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A: acknowledge, admit, grant, certify

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Disavow

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(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion

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Dispassionate

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S: unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached

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Dispassionate

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A: committed, engaged, partial, biased

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Dispassionate

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(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

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Dissension

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S: strife, discord, contention

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Dissension

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A: agreement, accord, harmony

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Dissension

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

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Dissipate

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S: disperse, strew, diffuse, waste

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Dissipate

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A: gather, collect, converse, husband

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Dissipate

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

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Expurgate

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S: purge, censor, bowdlerize

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Expurgate

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(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

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Gauntlet

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S: dare provocation, trial, punishment

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Gauntlet

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(adj.) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation

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Hypothetical

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S: assumed, supposed, conjectural, conditional

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Hypothetical

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A: actual, real, tested, substantiated

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Hypothetical

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(adj.) mean, low, base

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Ignoble

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S: inferior, unworthy, dishonorable, sordid

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Ignoble

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A: admirable, praiseworthy, lofty, noble

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Ignoble

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(v.) to call into question; to attack as false

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Impugn

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S: challenge, deny, dispute, query, question

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Impugn

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A: confirm, prove, verify, validate

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Impugn

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

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Intemperate

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S: excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate

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Intemperate

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A: moderate, restrained, cool and collected

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Intemperate

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

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Odium

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S: abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy

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Odium

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A: esteen, admiration, approbation

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Odium

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(n.) faithlessness, treachery

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Perfidy

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S: betrayal, disloyalty, treason, duplicity

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Perfidy

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A: faithfulness, loyalty, steadfastness

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Perfidy

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

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Relegate

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S: transfer, consign, demote, exile

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Relegate

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A: promote, elevate, advance, recall

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Relegate

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

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Squeamish

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S: nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish

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Squeamish

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

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Subservient

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S: secondary, servile, obsequious, useful

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Subservient

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A: primary, principal, bossy, domineering

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Subservient

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

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Susceptible

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S: vulnerable, receptive, impressionable

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Susceptible

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A: resistant, immune

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Susceptible

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