Vocab Unit8 Flashcards
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Bovine
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Adj- resembling a cow/ sluggish or stupid
2
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Consternation
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N- dismay or confusion
3
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Corpulent
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Adj- fat/ a large bulky body
4
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Disavow
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V- to deny responsibility for or connection with
5
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Dispassionate
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Adj- impartial, fair or calm
6
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Dissension
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N- disagreement/ major differences in opinion
7
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Dissipate
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V- to cause to disappear or scatter/ to be extravagant in the pursuit of pleasure
8
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Expurgate
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V- to purify/ to remove objectionable passages from the text
9
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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
10
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Acrimonious
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Adj-stinging or bitter in temper or tone