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Acrimonious
(adj) stinging, bitter in temper or tone
Bovine
(adj) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive (can be cow too)
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; two lines of men armed with weapons 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 to guide or direct investigation
Ignoble
(adj) mean, low, base
Impugn
(v) to call into question; to attack as false
Intemperate
(adj) immoderate, lacking in 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; excessively fastidious or refined
Subservient
(adj) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end
Susceptible
(adj) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance
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