vocab quiz 4

English 12

1. Acrimonious: (adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone

2. Bovine:
   (adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive

3. Consternation: (n.) dismay, confusion

4. Corpulent: (adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body

5. Disavow:

(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with

6. Dispassionate: (adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion

7. Dissension:

(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

8. Dissipate:

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

9. Expurgate:

(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify.

10. 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.

11. Hypothetical: (adj.) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative

idea to guide or direct investigation

12. Ignoble:

(adj.) mean, low, base

13. Impugn:
    (v.) to call into question; to attack as false

14. Intemperate: (adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement

15. Odium:
    (n.) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct

16. Perfidy:
    (n.) faithlessness, treachery

17. Relegate:

(v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish

18. Squeamish:
(adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined.

19. Subservient: (adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to
    promote some end

20. Susceptible: (adj.) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance