Unit 8 Vocab Level F syn/ant

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acrimonious

(adj.)

SYNONYMS: biting, rancorous, hostile, peevish

ANTONYMS: gentle, warm, mild, cordial

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bovine

(adj.)

SYNONYMS: stolid, dull, slow, stupid

ANTONYMS: sharp, bright, keen, quick

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consternation

(n.)

SYNONYMS: shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay

ANTONYMS: calm, composure, aplomb

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corpulent

(adj.)

SYNONYMS: overweight, heavy, obese, stout, portly

ANTONYMS: slender, lean, spare, gaunt, emaciated

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disavow

(v.)

SYNONYMS: disclaim, retract, abjure

ANTONYMS: acknowledge, admit, grant, certify

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dispassionate

(adj.)

SYNONYMS: unbiased, disinterest, cool, detached

ANTONYMS: committed, engaged, partial, biased

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dissension

(n.)

SYNONYMS: strife, discord, contention

ANTONYMS: agreement, accord, harmony

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expurgate

(v.)

SYNONYMS: purge, censor, bowdlerize

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gauntlet

(n.)

SYNONYMS: dare, provocation, trial, punishment

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hypothetical

(adj.)

SYNONYMS: assumed, supposed, conditional

ANTONYMS: actual, real, tested, substantiated

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ignoble

(adj.)

SYNONYMS: inferior, unworthy, sordid

ANTONYMS: admirable, praiseworthy, lofty, noble

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impugn

(v.)

SYNONYMS: challenge, deny, dispute, query, question

ANTONYMS: confirm, prove, verify, validate

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intemperate

(adj.)

SYNONYMS: excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate

ANTONYMS: moderate, restrained, cool and collected

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odium

(n.)

SYNONYMS: abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy

ANTONYMS: esteem, admiration, approbation

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perfidy

(n.)

SYNONYMS: betrayal, disloyalty, treason

ANTONYMS: faithfulness, loyalty, steadfastness

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relegate

(v.)

SYNONYMS: transfer, consign, demote, exile

ANTONYMS: promote, elevate, advance, recall

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squeamish

(adj.)

SYNONYMS: nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish

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subservient

(adj.)

SYNONYMS: secondary, servile, obsequious, useful

ANTONYMS: primary, principal, bossy, domineering

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susceptible

(adj.)

SYNONYMS: vulnerable, receptive, impressionable

ANTONYMS: resistant, immune

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dissipate

(v.)

SYNONYMS: disperse, strew, diffuse, waste

ANTONYMS: gather, collect, conserve