Vocab Level F Unit 8 Flashcards by Courtney Sanderson | Brainscape

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Bovine

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Sluggish, unresponsive

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Acrimonious

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Bitter in temper or tone

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Consternation

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Confusion, dismay

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Corpulent

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Fat, overweight

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Disavow

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To deny responsibility for or connection with

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Dispassionate

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Calm, free from emotion; detached

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Dissension

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Disagreement

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Dissipate

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To waste, diffuse, disperse

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Expurgate

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To cleanse, purify, censor

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Gauntlet

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A challenge, dare

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Hypothetical

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Based on an assumption or guess, assumed

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Ignoble

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Mean, low, unworthy

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Impugn

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To call into question, to question

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Intemperate

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Lacking in self control, unrestrained, extreme

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Odium

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Hatred, shame

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Perfidy

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Faithlessness, disloyalty, betrayal

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Relegate

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To assign, to place in a lower position

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Squeamish

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Queasy, easily shocked or upset

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Subservient

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Obedient

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Susceptible

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Open to, vulnerable, lacking in resistance