Unit 8

Question 1

acrimonious

Answer 1

(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone

Question 2

dispassionate

Answer 2

(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion

Question 3

hypothetical

Answer 3

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

Question 4

intemperate

Answer 4

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

Question 5

susceptible

Answer 5

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

Question 6

bovine

Answer 6

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

Question 7

disavow

Answer 7

(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with

Question 8

ignoble

Answer 8

(adj.) mean, low, base

Question 8

impugn

Answer 8

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

Question 9

subservient

Answer 9

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

Question 10

consternation

Answer 10

(n.) dismay, confusion

Question 11

dissipate

Answer 11

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

Question 12

expurgate

Answer 12

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

Question 13

odium

Answer 13

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

Question 14

relegate

Answer 14

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

Question 15

corpulent

Answer 15

(adj.) having a large, bulky body

Question 16

dissension

Answer 16

(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

Question 17

gauntlet

Answer 17

(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

Question 18

perfidy

Answer 18

(n.) faithlessness, treachery

Question 19

squeamish

Answer 19

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