Unit 8 Vocab Definitions

Question 1

Dissembling

Answer 1

Hiding one’s true feelings.

Question 2

Obscene

Answer 2

Offensive or disgusting by accepted standards.

Question 3

Begrudge

Answer 3

Envy or resentment.

Question 4

Providence

Answer 4

Nurturing and protective care for God or a spirit that you believe in.

Question 5

Contention

Answer 5

An angry and heated argument.

Question 6

Formidable

Answer 6

To cause fear on someone or something.

Question 7

Hypocrisy

Answer 7

To have a belief in something and contradicting it.

Question 8

Covenanted

Answer 8

Religious contract.

Question 9

Prodigious

Answer 9

Unnatural.

Question 10

Baffled

Answer 10

Confused.

Question 11

Fathom

Answer 11

To understand after giving the idea much thought or pondering over the idea.

Question 12

Licentious

Answer 12

Not caring for rules or normal conventions.

Question 13

acrimonious

Answer 13

acrimonious,stinging, bitter in temper or tone

Question 14

bovine

Answer 14

bovine,resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive,

Question 15

consternation

Answer 15

consternation,dismay, confusion,

Question 16

corpulent

Answer 16

corpulent,fat; having a large, bulky body

Question 17

disavow

Answer 17

disavow,to deny responsibility for or connection with

Question 18

dispassionate

Answer 18

dispassionate,impartial; calm, free from emotion

Question 19

dissension

Answer 19

dissension,disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

Question 20

dissipate

Answer 20

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

Question 21

expurgate

Answer 21

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

Question 22

gauntlet

Answer 22

gauntlet,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 23

hypothetical

Answer 23

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

Question 24

ignoble

Answer 24

ignoble,mean, low, base

Question 25

impugn

Answer 25

impugn,to call into question; to attack as false

Question 26

intemperate

Answer 26

intemperate,immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement

Question 27

odium

Answer 27

odium,hatred, contempt; disgrace of infamy resulting from hateful conduct

Question 28

perfidy

Answer 28

perfidy,faithlessness, treachery

Question 29

relegate

Answer 29

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

Question 30

squeamish

Answer 30

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

Question 31

subservient

Answer 31

subservient,subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end

Question 32

susceptible

Answer 32

susceptible,open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance