VOCAB UNIT 8

hypothetical

(adj) assumed, supposed, conjectural, conditional

conducive

(adj) beneficial, contributive, fostering

acrimonious

(adj) biting, caustic, rancorous; hostile, peevish

intemperate

(adj) excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate

ignoble

(adj) inferior, unworthy, dishonorable, sordid

corpulent

(adj) overweight, heavy, obese, stout, portly

squeamish

(adj) queasy;delicate, oversensitive; priggish

subservient

(adj) secondary; useful; servile, obsequious

bovine

(adj) stolid, dull, slow, stupid

dispassionate

(adj) unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached

susceptible

(adj) vulnerable to, receptive; impressionable

gauntlet

(n) a dare, provocation; a trial, punishment

odium

(n) abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy

perdify

(n) betrayal, disloyalty, treason, duplicity

consternation

(n) shock, amazement, bewilderment

dissension

(n) strife, discord, contention

elan

(n) verve, dash, zest, panache, brio

impugn

(v) to challenge, deny, dispute, query, question

disavow

(v) to disown, disclaim, retract, abjure

dissipate

(v) to disperse, strew, diffuse; to waste

expurgate

(v) to purge, censor, bowderize

relegate

(v) to transfer, consign; to demote, banish