Unit 8 Flashcards
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bovine
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sluggish, unresponsive; dull
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Acrimonious
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full of bitterness
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conducive
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contributing to an end, beneficial
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consternation
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panic, confusion
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corpulent
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very fat; obese
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disavow
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to deny responsibility for
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dispassionate
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unaffected by strog emotion or prejudice
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dissension
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difference of opinion or feeling; disagreement
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dissipate
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to dispense or disappear
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exurgate
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to remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or offensive objectionable material from a text
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gauntlet
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an onsluaght or attack from all sides; a protective glove from medieval times
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hypothetical
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based on a theory, assumption or guess
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ignoble
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not noble
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impugn
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to call into question; to challenge as false
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intemperate
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excessive use, especially with alcoholic beverages; lack of self-control
