Vocab 8- semester 1 test

Question 1

Bovine

Answer 1

Sluggish, unresponsive, dull.

Question 2

Conducive

Answer 2

Contributing to an end. Beneficial

Question 3

Consternation

Answer 3

Panic, confusion

Question 4

Corpulent

Answer 4

Very fat, obese

Question 5

Disavow

Answer 5

To deny responsibility for

Question 6

Dispassionate

Answer 6

Unaffected by sting emotion or prejudice

Question 7

Dissension

Answer 7

Difference of opinion or feeling. Disagreement

Question 8

Dissipate

Answer 8

To disperse or disappear

Question 9

Expurgate

Answer 9

To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene material from a text.

Question 10

Gauntlet

Answer 10

An onslaught or attack from all sides. Protective glove from medieval times.

Question 11

Hypothetical

Answer 11

Based on a theorem assumption or guess

Question 12

Ignoble

Answer 12

Not noble

Question 13

Impugn

Answer 13

To call in to question. To challenge as false

Question 14

Intemperate

Answer 14

Excessive use especially with alcoholic beverages. Lacking self control.

Question 15

Odium

Answer 15

Intense hatred

Question 16

Perfidy

Answer 16

Faithlessness. treachery

Question 17

Relegate

Answer 17

To assign or remove. Usually to a lower position.

Question 18

Squeamish

Answer 18

Easily nauseated or sickened

Question 19

Subservient

Answer 19

Acting subordinate to another. Submissive

Question 20

Susceptible

Answer 20

Easily influenced by power or emotion

Question 21

Élan

Answer 21

Enthusiastic vigor and liveliness. Distinct flair

Question 22

Acrimonious

Answer 22

Full of bitterness