Unit 8: Definitions & POS

Acrimonious (adj.)

Stinging, bitter in temper or tone

Bovine (adj.)

Resembling a cow or ox

Bovine (adj.)

Sluggish, unresponsive

Consternation (n.)

Dismay, confusion

Corpulent (adj.)

Fat

Corpulent (adj.)

Having a large, bulky body

Disavow (v.)

To deny responsibility for or connection with

Dispassionate (adj.)

Impartial

Dispassionate (adj.)

Calm, free from emotion

Dissension (n.)

Disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

Dissipate (v.)

To cause to disappear

Dissipate (v.)

To scatter, dispel

Dissipate (v.)

To spend foolishly, squander

Dissipate (v.)

To be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure

Expurgate (v.)

To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text

Expurgate (v.)

To cleanse, purify

Gauntlet (n.)

An armored or protective glove

Gauntlet (n.)

A challenge

Gauntlet (n.)

Two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them

Gauntlet (n.)

An ordeal

Hypothetical (adj.)

Based on an assumption or guess

Hypothetical (adj.)

Used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation

Ignoble (adj.)

Mean, low, base

Impugn (v.)

To call into question

Impugn (v.)

To attack as false

Intemperate (adj.)

Immoderate, lacking in self-control

Intemperate (adj.)

Inclement

Odium (n.)

Hatred, contempt

Odium (n.)

Disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct

Perfidy (n.)

Faithlessness, treachery

Relegate (v.)

To place in a lower position

Relegate (v.)

To assign, refer, turn over

Relegate (v.)

To banish

Squeamish (adj.)

Inclined to nausea

Squeamish (adj.)

Easily shocked or upset

Squeamish (adj.)

Excessively fastidious or refined

Subservient (adj.)

Subordinate in capacity or role

Subservient (adj.)

Submissively obedient

Subservient (adj.)

Serving to promote some end

Susceptible (adj.)

Open to

Susceptible (adj.)

Easily influenced

Susceptible (adj.)

Lacking in resistance