Unit 8 Vocabulary Workbook Flashcards
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Acrimonious
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Stinging, bitter in temper or tone
2
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Bovine
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Sluggish, unresponsive
3
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Consternation
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Dismay, confusion
4
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Corpulent
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Fat; Having a large, bulky body
5
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Disavow
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To deny responsibility for or connection with
6
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Dispassionate
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Impartial; Calm, free from emotion
7
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Dissension
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Disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
8
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Dissipate
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To cause to disappear; to scatter
9
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Expurgate
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To cleanse, purify
10
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Gauntlet
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An armored or protective glove; a challenge
11
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Hypothetical
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Based on an assumption or guess
12
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Ignoble
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Mean, low, base
13
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Impugn
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To call into question; to attack as false
14
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Intemperate
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Immoderate, lacking in self-control
15
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Odium
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Hatred, contempt
