Vocab 8

Question 1

acrimonious

Answer 1

(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone

Question 2

bovine

Answer 2

(adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive

Question 3

consternation

Answer 3

(n.) dismay, confusion

Question 4

corpulent

Answer 4

(adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body

Question 5

disavow

Answer 5

(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with

Question 6

dispassionate

Answer 6

(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion

Question 7

dissension

Answer 7

(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

Question 8

dissipate

Answer 8

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

Question 9

expurgate

Answer 9

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

Question 10

gauntlet

Answer 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

Question 11

hypothetical

Answer 11

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

Question 12

ignoble

Answer 12

(adj.) mean, low, base

Question 13

impugn

Answer 13

(v.) to call into question, to attack as false

Question 14

intemperate

Answer 14

(adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement

Question 15

odium

Answer 15

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

Question 16

perfidy

Answer 16

(n.) faithlessness, treachery

Question 17

squeamish

Answer 17

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

Question 18

relegate

Answer 18

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

Question 19

subservient

Answer 19

(adj.) subordinate in capacity or role, submissively obedient, serving to promote some end

Question 20

susceptible

Answer 20

(adj.) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance