acrimonious (adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone SYNONYMS: biting, bovine (adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive SYNONYMS: stolid, consternation (n.) dismay, confusion SYNONYMS: shock corpulent (adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body SYNONYMS: overweight disavow (v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with SYNONYMS: disclaim dispassionate (adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion SYNONYMS: unbiased, dissension (n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion SYNONYMS: strife, dissipate (v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure SYNONYMS: disperse expurgate (v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify SYNONYMS: purge gauntlet (n.) an 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 SYNONYMS: dare, hypothetical (adj.) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation SYNONYMS: assumed ignoble (adj.) mean, low, base SYNONYMS: inferior impugn (v.) to call into question; to attack as false SYNONYMS: challenge intemperate (adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement SYNONYMS: excessive, odium (n.) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct SYNONYMS: abhorrence, perfidy (n.) faithlessness, treachery SYNONYMS: betrayal, relegate (v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish SYNONYMS: transfer, squeamish (adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined SYNONYMS: nauseated, subservient (adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end SYNONYMS: secondary, susceptible (adj.) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance SYNONYMS: vulnerable,

acrimonious

(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone

SYNONYMS: biting,

bovine

(adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive

SYNONYMS: stolid,

consternation

(n.) dismay, confusion

SYNONYMS: shock

corpulent

(adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body

SYNONYMS: overweight

disavow

(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with

SYNONYMS: disclaim

dispassionate

(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion

SYNONYMS: unbiased,

dissension

(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

SYNONYMS: strife,

dissipate

(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure

SYNONYMS: disperse

expurgate

(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify

SYNONYMS: purge

gauntlet

(n.) an 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

SYNONYMS: dare,

hypothetical

(adj.) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation

SYNONYMS: assumed

ignoble

(adj.) mean, low, base

SYNONYMS: inferior

impugn

(v.) to call into question; to attack as false

SYNONYMS: challenge

intemperate

(adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement

SYNONYMS: excessive,

odium

(n.) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct

SYNONYMS: abhorrence,

perfidy

(n.) faithlessness, treachery

SYNONYMS: betrayal,

relegate

(v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish

SYNONYMS: transfer,

squeamish

(adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined

SYNONYMS: nauseated,

subservient

(adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end

SYNONYMS: secondary,

susceptible

(adj.) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance

SYNONYMS: vulnerable,