Synonyms Unit 8

acrimonious

biting, rancorous, hostile, peevish

bovine

stolid, dull, slow, stupid

consternation

shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay

corpulent

overweight, heavy, obese, stout, portly

disavow

disclaim, retract, abjure

dispassionate

unbiased, disinterest, cool, detached

dissension

strife, discord, contention

dissipate

disperse, strew, diffuse, waste

expurgate

purge, censor, bowdlerize

gauntlet

dare, provocation, trial, punishment

hypothetical

assumed, supposed, conditional

ignoble

inferior, unworthy, sordid

impugn

challenge, deny, dispute, query, question

intemperate

excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate

odium

abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy

perfidy

betrayal, disloyalty, treason

relegate

transfer, consign, demote, exile

squeamish

nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish

subservient

secondary, servile, obsequious, useful

susceptible

vulnerable, receptive, impressionable