Vocabulary Unit 8 Level F
hypothetical
(adj.) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation SYNONYMS: assumed
corpulent
(adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body SYNONYMS: overweight
intemperate
(adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement SYNONYMS: excessive,
dispassionate
(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion SYNONYMS: unbiased,
squeamish
(adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined SYNONYMS: nauseated,
ignoble
(adj.) mean, low, base SYNONYMS: inferior
susceptible
(adj.) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance SYNONYMS: vulnerable,
bovine
(adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive SYNONYMS: stolid,
acrimonious
(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone SYNONYMS: biting,
subservient
(adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end SYNONYMS: secondary,
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,
dissension
(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion SYNONYMS: strife,
consternation
(n.) dismay, confusion SYNONYMS: shock
perfidy
(n.) faithlessness, treachery SYNONYMS: betrayal,
odium
(n.) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct SYNONYMS: abhorrence,
impugn
(v.) to call into question; to attack as false SYNONYMS: challenge
dissipate
(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure SYNONYMS: disperse
disavow
(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with SYNONYMS: disclaim
relegate
(v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish SYNONYMS: transfer,
expurgate
(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify SYNONYMS: purge