Vocab Unit8 Flashcards

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Bovine

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Adj- resembling a cow/ sluggish or stupid

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Consternation

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N- dismay or confusion

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Corpulent

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Adj- fat/ a large bulky body

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Disavow

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V- to deny responsibility for or connection with

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Dispassionate

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Adj- impartial, fair or calm

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Dissension

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N- disagreement/ major differences in opinion

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Dissipate

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V- to cause to disappear or scatter/ to be extravagant in the pursuit of pleasure

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Expurgate

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V- to purify/ to remove objectionable passages from the text

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Gauntlet

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N- an ordeal or challenge/ an armored glove/ two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them

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Acrimonious

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Adj-stinging or bitter in temper or tone

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