Vocabulary Level F Unit 8

bovine

(adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive synonyms: stolid, dull, slow, stupid antonyms: alert, sharp, bright, keen, quick

acrimonious

(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone synonyms: biting, caustic, rancorous, hostile, peevish antonyms: gentle, warm, mild, friendly, cordial

subservient

(adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end synonyms: secondary, servile, obsequious, useful antonyms: primary, principal, bossy, domineering

gauntlet

(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; an ordeal synonyms: dare, provocation, trial, punishment

dissension

(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion synonyms: strife, discord, contention antonyms: agreement, accord, harmony

consternation

(n.) dismay, confusion synonyms: shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay antonyms: calm, composure, aplomb

perfidy

(n.) faithlessness, treachery synonyms: betrayal, disloyalty, treason, duplicity antonyms: faithfulness, loyalty, steadfastness

odium

(n.) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct synonyms: abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy antonyms: esteem, admiration, approbation

impugn

(v.) to call into question; to attack as false synonyms: challenge, deny, dispute, query, question antonyms: confirm, prove, verify, validate

dissipate

(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure synonyms: disperse, strew, diffuse, waste antonyms: gather, collect, conserve, husband

disavow

(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with synonyms: disown, disclaim, retract, abjure antonyms: acknowledge, admit, grant, certify

relegate

(v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish synonyms: transfer, consign, demote, exile antonyms: promote, elevate, advance, recall

expurgate

(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify synonyms: purge, censor, bowdlerize

corpulent

(adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body synonyms: overweight, heavy, obese, stout, portly antonyms: slender, lean, spare, gaunt, emaciated

intemperate

(adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement synonyms: excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate antonyms: moderate, restrained, cool, and collected

dispassionate

(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion synonyms: unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached antonyms: committed, engaged, partial, biased

squeamish

(adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined synonyms: nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish

susceptible

(adj.) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance synonyms: vulnerable, receptive, impressionable antonyms: resistant, immune

ignoble

(adj.) mean, low, base synonyms: inferior, unworthy, dishonorable, sordid antonyms: admirable, praiseworthy, lofty, noble

hypothetical

(adj.) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation synonyms: assumed, supposed, conjectural, conditional antonyms: actual, real, tested, substaniated