Vocab 8- semester 1 test Flashcards
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Bovine
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Sluggish, unresponsive, dull.
2
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Conducive
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Contributing to an end. Beneficial
3
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Consternation
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Panic, confusion
4
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Corpulent
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Very fat, obese
5
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Disavow
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To deny responsibility for
6
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Dispassionate
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Unaffected by sting emotion or prejudice
7
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Dissension
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Difference of opinion or feeling. Disagreement
8
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Dissipate
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To disperse or disappear
9
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Expurgate
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To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene material from a text.
10
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Gauntlet
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An onslaught or attack from all sides. Protective glove from medieval times.
11
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Hypothetical
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Based on a theorem assumption or guess
12
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Ignoble
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Not noble
13
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Impugn
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To call in to question. To challenge as false
14
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Intemperate
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Excessive use especially with alcoholic beverages. Lacking self control.
15
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Odium
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Intense hatred
