acrimonious (adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone SYNONYMS: biting, bovine (adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive SYNONYMS: stolid, consternation (n.) dismay, confusion SYNONYMS: shock corpulent (adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body SYNONYMS: overweight disavow (v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with SYNONYMS: disclaim dispassionate (adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion SYNONYMS: unbiased, dissension (n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion SYNONYMS: strife, dissipate (v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure SYNONYMS: disperse expurgate (v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify SYNONYMS: purge 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 SYNONYMS: dare, hypothetical (adj.) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation SYNONYMS: assumed ignoble (adj.) mean, low, base SYNONYMS: inferior impugn (v.) to call into question; to attack as false SYNONYMS: challenge intemperate (adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement SYNONYMS: excessive, odium (n.) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct SYNONYMS: abhorrence, perfidy (n.) faithlessness, treachery SYNONYMS: betrayal, relegate (v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish SYNONYMS: transfer, squeamish (adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined SYNONYMS: nauseated, subservient (adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end SYNONYMS: secondary, susceptible (adj.) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance SYNONYMS: vulnerable,