Sadlier Level F Unit 8 Vocabulary

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VOCABUNIT 8 FLASHCARDS

(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone SYNONYMS: biting, rancorous, hostile, peevish ANTONYMS: gentle, warm, mild, cordial

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acrimonious

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(adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive SYNONYMS: stolid, dull, slow, stupid ANTONYMS: sharp, bright, keen, quick

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bovine

(n.) dismay, confusion SYNONYMS: shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay ANTONYMS: calm, composure, aplomb

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consternation

(adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body SYNONYMS: overweight, heavy, obese, stout, portly ANTONYMS: slender, lean, spare, gaunt, emaciated

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corpulent

(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with SYNONYMS: disclaim, retract, abjure ANTONYMS: acknowledge, admit, grant, certify

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disavow

(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion SYNONYMS: unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached ANTONYMS: committed, engaged, partial, biased

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dispassionate

(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion SYNONYMS: strife, discord, contention ANTONYMS: agreement, accord, harmony

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dissension

(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure SYNONYMS: disperse, strew, diffuse, waste ANTONYMS: gather, collect, conserve, husband

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dissipate

(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify SYNONYMS: purge, censor, bowdlerize

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expurgate

(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, provocation, trial, punishment

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gauntlet

(adj.) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation SYNONYMS: assumed, supposed, conditional ANTONYMS: actual, real, tested, substantiated

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hypothetical

(adj.) mean, low, base SYNONYMS: inferior, unworthy, sordid ANTONYMS: admirable, praiseworthy, lofty, noble

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ignoble

(v.) to call into question; to attack as false SYNONYMS: challenge, deny, dispute, query, question ANTONYMS: confirm, prove, verify, validate

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impugn

(adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement SYNONYMS: excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate ANTONYMS: moderate, restrained, cool and collected

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intemperate

(n.) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct SYNONYMS: abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy ANTONYMS: esteem, admiration, approbation

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odium

(n.) faithlessness, treachery SYNONYMS: betrayal, disloyalty, treason ANTONYMS: faithfulness, loyalty, steadfastness

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perfidy

(v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over, to banish SYNONYMS: transfer, consign, demote, exile ANTONYMS: promote, elevate, advance, recall

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relegate

(adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined SYNONYMS: nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish

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squeamish

(adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end SYNONYMS: secondary, servile, obsequious, useful ANTONYMS: primary, principal, bossy, domineering

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subservient

(adj.) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance SYNONYMS: vulnerable, receptive, impressionable ANTONYMS: resistant, immune

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susceptible

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