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unit 5
test tomorrow
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English
11th Grade
03/10/2011

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Acrimonious
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Stinging, bitter in temper or tone
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Bovine
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Resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
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Consternation
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Dismay, confusion
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Corpulent
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Fat; having a large, bulky body
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Disavow
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To deny responsibility for or connection with
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Dispassionate
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Impartial; calm, free from emotion
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Dissension
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Disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
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Dissipate
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To cause to disappear; to scatter, dispell; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure
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Expurgate
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To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify
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Gauntlet
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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
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Hypothetical
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Based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct invesitgation
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Ignoble
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Mean, low, base
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Impugn
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To call into question; to attack as false
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Intemperate
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Immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement
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Odium
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Hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct
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Perfidy
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Faithlessness, treachery
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Relegate
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To place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish
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Squeamish
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Inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined
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Subservient
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Subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end
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Susceptible
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Open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance
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