vocab quiz 4

Acrimonious

Stinging, bitter in temper or tone.

Bovine

Resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive.

Consternation

Dismay, confusion.

Corpulent

Fat; having a large, bulky body.

Disavow

To deny responsibility for or connection with.

Dispassionate

Impartial; calm, free from emotion.

Dissension

Disagreement, sharp difference of opinion.

Dissipate

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

Expurgate

To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify.

Gauntlet

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.

Hypothetical

Based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation.

Ignoble

Mean, low, base.

Impugn

To call into question; to attack as false.

Intemperate

Immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement.

Odium

Hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct.

Perfidy

Faithlessness, treachery.

Relegate

To place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish.

Squeamish

Inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined.

Subservient

Subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end.

Susceptible

Open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance.