Vocab 2 U8

Question 1

adj) stinging, bitter in temper or tone

Answer 1

acrimonious

Question 2

adj) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive

Answer 2

bovine

Question 3

n) dismay, confusion

Answer 3

consternation

Question 4

adj) fat; having a large, bulky body

Answer 4

corpulent

Question 5

v) to deny responsibility for or connection with

Answer 5

disavow

Question 6

adj) impartial; calm, free from emotion

Answer 6

dispassionate

Question 7

n) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

Answer 7

dissention

Question 8

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

Answer 8

dissipate

Question 9

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

Answer 9

expurgate

Question 10

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

Answer 10

gauntlet

Question 11

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

Answer 11

hypothetical

Question 12

adj) mean, low, base

Answer 12

ignoble

Question 13

v) to call into question; to attack as false

Answer 13

impugn

Question 14

adj) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement

Answer 14

intemperate

Question 15

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

Answer 15

odium

Question 16

n) faithlessness, treachery

Answer 16

perfidy

Question 17

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

Answer 17

relegate

Question 18

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

Answer 18

squeamish

Question 19

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

Answer 19

subservient

Question 20

adj) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance

Answer 20

susceptible