11 CP American Literature Vocab Unit 8 - Synonyms

gauntlet

*SYNONYMS:* a dare, provocation, a trial, punishment

odium

*SYNONYMS:* abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy

hypothetical

*SYNONYMS:* assumed, supposed, conjectural, conditional

conducive

*SYNONYMS:* beneficial, contributive, fostering

perfidy

*SYNONYMS:* betrayal, disloyalty, treason, duplicity

acrimonious

*SYNONYMS:* biting, rancorous, hostile, peevish

intemperate

*SYNONYMS:* excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate

ignoble

*SYNONYMS:* inferior, unworthy, dishonorable, sordid

squeamish

*SYNONYMS:* nauseous, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish

corpulent

*SYNONYMS:* overweight, heavy, obese, stout, portly

subservient

*SYNONYMS:* secondary, useful, servile, obsequious

consternation

*SYNONYMS:* shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay

bovine

*SYNONYMS:* stolid, dull, slow, stupid

dissension

*SYNONYMS:* strife, discord, contention

impugn

*SYNONYMS:* to challenge, deny, dispute, query, question

disavow

*SYNONYMS:* to disown, disclaim, retract, abjure

dissipate

*SYNONYMS:* to disperse, strew, diffuse, to waste

expurgate

*SYNONYMS:* to purge, censor, bowdlerize

relegate

*SYNONYMS:* to transfer, consign, to demote, banish, exile

dispassionate

*SYNONYMS:* unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached

elan

*SYNONYMS:* verve, dash, zest, panache, brio

susceptible

*SYNONYMS:* vulnerable to, receptive, impressionable