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Unit 8

Unit 8. Level F. Acrimonious. (adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone . Bovine . (adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive. Consternation . (n.) dismay, confusion. Corpulent . (adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body. Disavow .

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Unit 8

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  1. Unit 8 Level F

  2. Acrimonious • (adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone

  3. Bovine • (adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive

  4. Consternation • (n.) dismay, confusion

  5. Corpulent • (adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body

  6. Disavow • (v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with

  7. Dispassionate • (adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion

  8. Dissension • (n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

  9. Dissipate • (v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander

  10. Expurgate • (v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkpWk8FJsys

  11. 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjE2sxCQ_rU

  12. Hypothetical • (adj.) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct

  13. Ignoble • (adj.) mean, low, base

  14. Impugn • (v.) to call into question; to attack as false

  15. Intemperate • (adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement

  16. Odium • (n.) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct

  17. Perfidy • (n.) faithlessness, treachery

  18. Relegate • (v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over, to banish

  19. Squeamish • (adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined

  20. Subservient • (adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end

  21. Susceptible • (adj.) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance

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