Sadlier Unit 8 (01.15.2021)

Question 1

(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone

Answer 1

Acrimonious

Question 2

S: biting, caustic, rancorous, hostile, peevish

Answer 2

Acrimonious

Question 3

A: gentle, warm, mild, friendly, cordial

Answer 3

Acrimonious

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Bovine

Question 5

S: stolid, dull, slow, stupid

Answer 5

Bovine

Question 6

A: alert, sharp, bright, keen, quick

Answer 6

Bovine

Question 7

(n.) dismay, confusion

Answer 7

Consternation

Question 8

S: shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay

Answer 8

Consternation

Question 9

A: calm, composure, aplomb

Answer 9

Consternation

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Corpulent

Question 11

S: overweight, heavy, obese, stout, portly

Answer 11

Corpulent

Question 12

A: slender, lean, spare, gaunt, emaciated

Answer 12

Corpulent

Question 13

(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with

Answer 13

Disavow

Question 14

S: disown, disclaim, retract, abjure

Answer 14

Disavow

Question 15

A: acknowledge, admit, grant, certify

Answer 15

Disavow

Question 16

(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion

Answer 16

Dispassionate

Question 17

S: unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached

Answer 17

Dispassionate

Question 18

A: committed, engaged, partial, biased

Answer 18

Dispassionate

Question 19

(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

Answer 19

Dissension

Question 20

S: strife, discord, contention

Answer 20

Dissension

Question 21

A: agreement, accord, harmony

Answer 21

Dissension

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Dissipate

Question 23

S: disperse, strew, diffuse, waste

Answer 23

Dissipate

Question 24

A: gather, collect, converse, husband

Answer 24

Dissipate

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Expurgate

Question 26

S: purge, censor, bowdlerize

Answer 26

Expurgate

Question 27

(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

Answer 27

Gauntlet

Question 28

S: dare provocation, trial, punishment

Answer 28

Gauntlet

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Hypothetical

Question 30

S: assumed, supposed, conjectural, conditional

Answer 30

Hypothetical

Question 31

A: actual, real, tested, substantiated

Answer 31

Hypothetical

Question 32

(adj.) mean, low, base

Answer 32

Ignoble

Question 33

S: inferior, unworthy, dishonorable, sordid

Answer 33

Ignoble

Question 34

A: admirable, praiseworthy, lofty, noble

Answer 34

Ignoble

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Impugn

Question 36

S: challenge, deny, dispute, query, question

Answer 36

Impugn

Question 37

A: confirm, prove, verify, validate

Answer 37

Impugn

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Intemperate

Question 39

S: excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate

Answer 39

Intemperate

Question 40

A: moderate, restrained, cool and collected

Answer 40

Intemperate

Question 41

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

Answer 41

Odium

Question 42

S: abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy

Answer 42

Odium

Question 43

A: esteen, admiration, approbation

Answer 43

Odium

Question 44

(n.) faithlessness, treachery

Answer 44

Perfidy

Question 45

S: betrayal, disloyalty, treason, duplicity

Answer 45

Perfidy

Question 46

A: faithfulness, loyalty, steadfastness

Answer 46

Perfidy

Question 47

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

Answer 47

Relegate

Question 48

S: transfer, consign, demote, exile

Answer 48

Relegate

Question 49

A: promote, elevate, advance, recall

Answer 49

Relegate

Question 50

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

Answer 50

Squeamish

Question 51

S: nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish

Answer 51

Squeamish

Question 52

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

Answer 52

Subservient

Question 53

S: secondary, servile, obsequious, useful

Answer 53

Subservient

Question 54

A: primary, principal, bossy, domineering

Answer 54

Subservient

Question 55

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

Answer 55

Susceptible

Question 56

S: vulnerable, receptive, impressionable

Answer 56

Susceptible

Question 57

A: resistant, immune

Answer 57

Susceptible