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