Unit 8 Vocab

Question 0

Bovine

Answer 0

(adj.) Sluggish, unresponsive; Dull

Question 1

Acrimonious

Answer 1

(adj.) Full of bitterness

Question 2

Conducive

Answer 2

(adj.) Contributing to an end, beneficial

Question 3

Consternation

Answer 3

(n.) Panic, confusion

Question 4

Corpulent

Answer 4

(adj.) Very fat, obese

Question 5

Disavow

Answer 5

(v.) To deny responsibility for

Question 6

Dispassionate

Answer 6

(adj.) Unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice

Question 7

Dissension

Answer 7

(n.) Difference of opinion or feeling; Disagreement

Question 8

Dissipate

Answer 8

(v.) To disperse or disappear

Question 9

Expurgate

Answer 9

(v.) To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from a text

Question 10

Gauntlet

Answer 10

(n.) An onslaught or attack from all sides; A protective glove from medieval times

Question 11

Hypothetical

Answer 11

(adj.) Based on theory, assumption or guess

Question 12

Ignoble

Answer 12

(adj.) Not nobel

Question 13

Impugn

Answer 13

(v.) To call into question; to challenge as false

Question 14

Intemperate

Answer 14

(adj.) Excessive use, especially with alcoholic beverages; lack of self control

Question 15

Odium

Answer 15

(n.) A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust; intense hatred

Question 16

Perfidy

Answer 16

(n.) Faithlessness; treachery

Question 17

Relegate

Answer 17

(v.) To assign or remove, usually to an inferior or lower position

Question 18

Squeamish

Answer 18

(adj.) Easily nauseated or sickened

Question 19

Subservient

Answer 19

(adj.) Acting subordinate to another; submissive

Question 20

Susceptible

Answer 20

(adj.) Easily influenced by power or emotion

Question 21

Élan

Answer 21

(n.) Enthusiastic vigor and liveliness; distinctive flair