Unit 8

Question 1

acrimonious

Answer 1

stinging, bitter in temper or tone, sarcastic, angry

Question 2

bovine

Answer 2

resembling a cow or ox, sluggish, unresponsive

Question 3

consternation

Answer 3

dismay, confusion

Question 4

corpulent

Answer 4

having a large, bulky body

Question 5

disavow

Answer 5

to deny responsibility for or connection with

Question 6

dispassionate

Answer 6

impartial, calm, free from emotion

Question 7

dissension

Answer 7

disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

Question 8

dissipate

Answer 8

to cause to disappear, to scatter, dispel, to spend foolishly, to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure

Question 9

expurgate

Answer 9

to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text, to cleanse, purify

Question 10

gauntlet

Answer 10

an armored or protective glove, a challenge

Question 11

hypothetical

Answer 11

based on an assumption or guess, used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation

Question 12

ignoble

Answer 12

mean, low, base, inferior, unworthy

Question 13

impugn

Answer 13

to call into question, to attack as false

Question 14

intemperate

Answer 14

immoderate, lacking in self-control, inclement, unreasonable, unjustified

Question 15

odium

Answer 15

hatred, contempt, disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct

Question 16

perfidy

Answer 16

faithlessness, treachery, disloyalty

Question 17

relegate

Answer 17

to place in a lower position, to assign, refer, turn over, to banish

Question 18

squeamish

Answer 18

inclined to nausea, easily shocked or upset, excessively fastidious or refined

Question 19

subservient

Answer 19

supportive, subordinate in capacity or role, submissively obedient, serving to promote some end (deating)

Question 20

susceptible

Answer 20

open to, easily influenced, lacking in resistance