unit 8 and 9- English Honors III

approbation

official acceptance or agreement

assuage

provide physical relief, as from pain

acrimonious

marked by strong resentment or cynicism

corpulent

excessively large/ fat

dissension

disagreement among those expected to cooperate

gauntlet

a glove of armored leather that protects the hand

impugn

attack as false or wrong

perfidy

an act of deliberate betrayal

subservient

compliant and obedient to authority

bovine

any of various wild or domestic cattle

disavow

refuse to acknowledge

dissipate

cause to separate and go in different directions

hypothetical

a conjectural possibility or circumstance

intemperate

excessive in behavior

relegate

assign to a lower position

susceptible

yielding readily to or capable of

consternation

sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion

dispassionate

unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice

expurgate

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

ignoble

dishonorable in character or purpose

odium

hate coupled with disgust

squeamish

easily disturbed or disgusted by unpleasant things

abate

become less in amount or intensity

astute

marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

dilatory

wasting time

evanescent

short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear

novice

someone new to a field or activity

recapitulate

summarize briefly

supposition

the cognitive process of conjecturing

adulation

exaggerated flattery or praise

avarice

reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth

egregious

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

irresolute

uncertain how to act or proceed

penury

a state of extreme poverty or destitution

resuscitate

cause to regain consciousness

torpid

in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation

anathema

a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication

culpable

deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious

equivocate

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear

nebulous

lacking definite form or limits

pretentious

creating an appearance of importance or distinctio

slovenly

negligent of neatness especially in dress and person