Adj. Stinging, bitter in temper or tone.

S: Biting, caustic, rancorous, hostile, peevish.

A: Gentle, warm, mild, friendly, cordial.

Adj. Resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive.

S:Stolid, dull, slow, stupid.

A: Alert, sharp, bright, keen, quick.

Noun. Dismay, confusion.

S:Shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay.

A: Calm, composure, aplomb.

Adj. Fat; having a large, bulky body.

S: Overweight, heavy, obese, stout, portly.

A: Slender, lean, spare, gaun, emaciated.

Verb. To deny responsibility for or connection with.

S: Disown, disclaim, retact, abjure.

A: Acknowledge, admit, grant, certify.

Adj. Impartial; calm, free from emotion.

S: Unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached.

A: Committed, engaged, partial, biased.

Noun. Disagreement, sharp difference of opinion.

S: Strife, discord, contention.

A: Agreement, accord, harmony.

Verb. To cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, swuander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure.

S: Disperse, strew, dissuse, waste.

A: Gather, collect, conserve, husband.

Verb. To remove objectionable passsages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify.

S: Purge, censor, bowdlerize.

Noun. An armored or protective glove; a challenege; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a perosn forced to run between them; an ordeal.

S: Dare, provocation, trial, punishment.

Adj. Based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation.

S: Assumed, supposed, conjectural, conditional.

A: Actual, real, tested, substantiated.

Adj. Mean, low, base.

S: Inferior, unworthy, dishonroable, sordid.

A: Admirable, praiseworthy, lofty, noble.

Verb. To call into quiestion; to attack as false.

S: Challenge, deny, dispute, query, question.

A: Confirm, prove, verify, validate.

Adj. Immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement.

S: Excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate.

A: Moderate, restrained, cool and collected.

Noun. Hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct.

S: Abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy.

A: Esteem, admiration, approbation.

Noun. Faithlessness, treachery.

S: Betrayal, disloyalty, treason, duplicity.

A: Faithfulness, lotalty, steadfastness.

Verb. To place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish.

S: Transfer, consign, demote, exile.

A: Promote, elevate, advance, recall.

Adj. Inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined.

S: Nauseated, queasy, delicated, oversensitive, priggish.

Adj. Subordinate in capacity or cole; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end.

S: Secondary, servile, obsequious, useful.

A: Primary, principal, bossy, domineering.

Adj. Open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance.

S: Vulnerable, receptive, impressionable.

A: Resistant, immune.