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Acrimonious

Stinging, bitter in temper or tone.

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Bovine

Resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive.

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Consternation

Dismay, confusion.

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Corpulent

Fat; having a large, bulky body.

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Disavow

To deny responsibility for or connection with.

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Dispassionate

Impartial; calm, free from emotion.

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Dissension

Disagreement, sharp difference of opinion.

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Dissipate

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

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Expurgate

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

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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.

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Hypothetical

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

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Ignoble

Mean, low, base.

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Impugn

To call into question; to attack as false.

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Intemperate

Immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement.

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Odium

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

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Perfidy

Faithlessness, treachery.

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Relegate

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

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Squeamish

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

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Subservient

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

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Susceptible

Open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance.