Vocab Unit 8

Question 0

Bovine

Answer 0

Resembling a cow or ox, sluggish, unresponsive

Question 1

acrimonious

Answer 1

Stinging, bitter in temper or tone

Question 2

Consternation

Answer 2

Dismay, confusion

Question 3

Corpulent

Answer 3

Fat; having a large, bulky body

Question 4

Disavow

Answer 4

To deny responsibility for or connection with

Question 5

Dispassionate

Answer 5

Impartial; calm, free from the most

Question 6

Dissension

Answer 6

Disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

Question 7

Dissipate

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Expurgate

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Gauntlet

Answer 9

And 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 10

Hypothetical

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Ignoble

Answer 11

Mean, low, base

Question 12

Impugn

Answer 12

To call into question; to attack as false

Question 13

Intemperate

Answer 13

Immoderate, lacking in self control; inclement

Question 14

Odium

Answer 14

Hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from a hateful conduct

Question 15

Perfidy

Answer 15

Faithlessness treachery

Question 16

Relegate

Answer 16

To place in a lower position; two assign, refer, turnover; to banish

Question 17

Squeamish

Answer 17

Inclined to nausea; Easley shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined

Question 18

Subservient

Answer 18

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