sadlier level f unit 8

Acrimonious

Acrimonious

(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone

SYN: biting, rancorous, hostile, peevish

ANT: gentle, warm, mild, cordial

Bovine

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

SYN: stolid, dull, slow, stupid

ANT: sharp, bright, keen, quick

Consternation

(n.) dismay, confusion

SYN: shock, amazement, bewilderment

ANT: calm, composure, aplomb

Corpulent

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

SYN: obese, stout, portly

ANT: spare, gaunt, emaciated

Disavow

(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with

SYN: disclaim, retract, abjure

ANT: acknowledge, admit, grant, certify

Dispassionate

(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion

SYN: unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached

ANT: committed, engaged, partial, biased

Dissension

(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

SYN: strife, discord, contention

ANT: agreement, accord, harmony

Dissipate

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

SYN: disperse, strew, diffuse, waste

ANT: gather, collect, conserve

Expurgate

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

SYN: purge, censor, bowdlerize

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

SYN: dare, provocation, trial, punishment

Hypothetical

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

SYN: assumed, supposed, conditional

ANT: actual, real, tested, substantiated

Ignoble

(adj.) mean, low, base

SYN: inferior, unworthy, sordid

ANT: admirable, praiseworthy, lofty, noble

Impugn

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

SYN: challenge, deny, dispute, query, question

ANT: confirm, prove, verify, validate

Intemperate

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

SYN: excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate

ANT: moderate, restrained, cool, collected

Odium

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

SYN: abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy

ANT: esteem, admiration, approbation

Perfidy

(n.) faithlessness, treachery

SYN: betrayal, disloyalty, treason

ANT: faithfulness, loyalty, steadfastness

Relegate

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

SYN: transfer, consign, demote, exile

ANT: promote, elevate, advance, recall

Squeamish

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

SYN: nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish

Subservient

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

SYN: secondary, servile, obsequious, useful

ANT: primary, principal, bossy, domineering

Susceptible

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

SYN: vulnerable, receptive, impressionable

ANT: resistance, immune