10th Honors Literature Vocab Unit 8

Acrimonious

(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone

Bovine

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

Consternation

(n.) dismay, confusion

Corpulent

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

Disavow

(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with

Dispassionate

(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion

Dissension

(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

Dissipate

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

Expurgate

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

Gauntlet

(n.) an armored or protective glove; a challenge; to lines of men armed with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal

Hypothetical

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

Ignoble

(adj.) mean, low, base

Impugn

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

Intemperate

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

Odium

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

Perfidy

(n.) faithlessness, treachery

Relegate

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

Squeamish

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

Subservient

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

Susceptible

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