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Vocab Unit 8
saddlier-oxford vocabulary workshop level f
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English
10th Grade
04/27/2010

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acrimonious
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(adj) stinging bitter in temper or tone biting caustic rancourous hostile peevish
antonyms: gentle warm mile friendly cordial
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bovine
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(adj) resembling a cow or an ox; slugglish unresponsive stolid dull slow stupid
antonyms: alert sharp bright keen quick
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consternation
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(n) dismay confusion shock amazement bewilderment dismay
antonyms: calm composure aplomb
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corpulent
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(adj) fat having a large bulky body overweight heavy obese stout portly
antonyms: slender lean spare gaunt emaciated
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disavow
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(v) to deny responsibility for or connection with disown disclaim retract abjure
antonyms: acknowledge admit grant certify
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dispassionate
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(adj) impartial calm free from emotion unbiased disinterested cool detached
antonyms: committed engaged partial biased
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dissension
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(n) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion strife discord contention
antonyms: agreement accord harmony
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dissipate
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(v) to cause to dissapear to scatter dispel to spend foolishly squander to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure disperse strew diffuse waste
antonyms: gather, collect conserve husband
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expurgate
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(v) to remove objectionable passages or words from a writer to text to cleanse purify purge censor bowlderize
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gauntlet
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(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 and ordeal dare provacation trial punishment
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hypothetical
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(adj) based on assumption or guess used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation assumed supposed conjectural conditional
antonyms: actual real tested substantiated
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ignoble
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(adj) mean low base inferior unworthy dishonorable sordid
antonyms: admirable praiseworthy lofty noble
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impugn
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(v) to call into question to attack as false challenge deny dispute query question
antonyms: confirm prove verify validate
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intemperate
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(adj) immoderate lacking in self control inclement excessive extreme unrestrained inordinate
antonyms: moderate restrained cool and collected
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odium
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(n) hatred contempt disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct abhorrence opprobrium shame ignominy
antonyms: esteem admiration approbation
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perfidy
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(n) faithlessness, treachery, betrayal, disloyalty treason duplicity
antonyms: faithfulness loyalty steadfastness
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relegate
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(v) to place in a lower position to assign or refer turn over banish transfer consign demote exile
antonyms: promote elevate advance recall
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sqeuamish
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(adj) inclined to nauseua easily shocked or upset excessively fastidious or refined nauseated queasy delicate oversensitive priggish
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subservient
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(adj) subordinate in capacity or role submissively obedient serving to promote some end secondary servile obsequious, useful
antonyms: primary principal bossy domineering
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susceptible
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(adj) open to easily influenced lacking in resistance vulnerable receptive impressionable
antonyms: resistant immune
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