vocab 8

Question 1

acrimonious

Answer 1

stinging, bitter in temper or tone

Question 2

bovine

Answer 2

resembling a cow or ox; sluggish unresponsive

Question 3

consternation

Answer 3

dismay, confusion

Question 4

corpulent

Answer 4

fat; having a large, bulky body

Question 5

disavow

Answer 5

to deny responsibility for or connection with

Question 6

dispassionate

Answer 6

impartial; calm, free from emotion

Question 7

dissension

Answer 7

disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

Question 8

dissipate

Answer 8

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

Question 9

expurgate

Answer 9

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

Question 10

gauntlet

Answer 10

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 ;ordeal

Question 11

hypothetical

Answer 11

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

Question 12

ignoble

Answer 12

mean, low, base

Question 13

impugn

Answer 13

to call into question; to attack as false

Question 14

intemperate

Answer 14

immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement

Question 15

odium

Answer 15

hatred, contempt; disgrace of resulting from hateful conduct

Question 16

perfidy

Answer 16

faithlessness, treachery

Question 17

relegate

Answer 17

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

Question 18

squeamish

Answer 18

inclined to nausea; easily shocker or upset

Question 19

subsevient

Answer 19

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

Question 20

susceptible

Answer 20

open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance