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Sadlier-Oxford Vocab Level F
Unit 8
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Language - English
10th Grade
06/12/2007

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Acrimonious
Definition
stinging, bitter in temper or tone
syn: biting, caustic, rancorous, hostile, peevish
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Bovine
Definition
resembling a cow or ox; sluggih, unresponsive
syn: stolid, dull, slow, stupid
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Consternation
Definition
dismay, confusion
syn: shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay
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Corpulent
Definition
fat, having a large, bulky body
syn: overweight, beavy, obese, stout, portly
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Disavow
Definition
to deny responsibility for or connection with
syn: disown, disclaim, retract, abjure
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Dispassionate
Definition
impartial; calm, gree from emotion
syn: unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached
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Dissension
Definition
disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
syn: strife, discord, contention
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Dissipate
Definition
to cause to disappear, to scatter, to spend lavishly
syn: disperse, strew, diffuse, waste
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Expurgate
Definition
to remove objectionable passages or words from awritten text, to cleanse, purify
syn: purge, censor, bowdlerize
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Gauntlet
Definition
an armored or protective glove, a challenge
syn: dare, provocation, trail, punishment
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Hypothetical
Definition
based on an assumption or guess
syn: assumed, suposed, conjectural, conditional
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Ignoble
Definition
mean, low, base
syn: inferior, unworthy, dishonorable, sordid
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Impugn
Definition
to call into question; to attack as false
syn: challenge, deny, dispute, query, question
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Intemperate
Definition
immoderate, lacking in self-control, inclement
syn: excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate
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Odium
Definition
hatred, contempt, disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct
syn: abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy
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perfidy
Definition
faithlessness, treachery
syn: betrayal, disloyaly, treason, duplicity
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relegate
Definition
to place in a lower position, to assign, refer, turn over, to banish
syn: transfer, consign, demote, exile
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Squeamish
Definition
inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined
syn: nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish
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Subservient
Definition
subordinate in capacity or role, submissively obedient; serving to promote some end
syn: secondary, serville, obsequious, useful
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Susceptible
Definition
open to; easy influenced; lacking in resistance
syn: vulnerable, receptive, impressionable
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