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Vocab Unit 8
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10th Grade
03/13/2012

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