Adjstinging bitter in temper or tone Synonym hostile biting She whirled to face me when I spoke and her answer startled me by its acrimonious intensity bovine Adjresembling a cow or ox sluggish unresponsive ID: 1002339
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1. Vocabulary Unit #8
2. acrimoniousAdj.—stinging, bitter in temper or toneSynonym: hostile, bitingShe whirled to face me when I spoke, and her answer startled me by its acrimonious intensity.
3. bovineAdj.—resembling a cow or ox; sluggish; unresponsiveSynonym: slow, dull, stolidAfter I told him what had happened, he sat there with a bovine expression and said nothing.
4. consternationN.—dismay, confusionSynonym: shock, bewildermentHis father looked at the mess with consternation, hardly knowing what to say first.
5. corpulentAdj.—fat; having a large, bulky bodySynonym: overweight; obeseThough she had grown corpulent with the years, the opera singer’s voice and her way with a song were the same.
6. disavowV.—to deny responsibility for or connection withSynonym: disclaimThe suspect stubbornly continued to disavow any part in the kidnapping plot.
7. dispassionateAdj.—impartial; calm; free from emotionSynonym: disinterested; detached; coolBeing a neighbor but not quite a family friend, he was called in to give a dispassionate view of our plan.
8. dissensionN.—disagreement, sharp difference of opinionSynonym: contention; discordThe political party was torn by dissension and finally split into two wings.
9. dissipateV.—to cause to disappear; to scatter; to spend foolishly; to squanderSynonym: disperse, wasteAs chairman he is fair and open, but he dissipates his energies on trivial things.
10. expurgateV.—to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purifySynonym: purge, censorAccording the unwritten law of journalism, the editor alone has the right to expurgate the article.
11. gauntletN.—an armored or protective glove; a challenge; an ordeal; two lines of armed men with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between themSynonym: dare, punishmentIn the Middle Ages, a knight threw down his gauntlet as a challenge, and another knight picked it up only if he accepted.
12. hypotheticalAdj.—based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigationSynonym: assumed, supposedScience is not based on hypothetical assumptions, but on proven facts.
13. ignobleAdj.—mean, low, baseSynonym: inferior, unworthyMost people will agree that a noble purpose does not justify ignoble means.
14. impugnV.—to call into question; to attack as falseSynonym: challenge, dispute, denyYou can impugn the senator’s facts, but you cannot accuse her of concealing her intentions.
15. intemperateAdj.—immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclementSynonym: extreme; unrestrainedExperience taught her to control her intemperate outbursts of anger.
16. odiumN.—hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conductSynonym: abhorrence, shameThose eager to heap odium on the fallen tyrant learned that he had escaped in the night.
17. perfidyN.—faithlessness, treacherySynonym: betrayal, treason, disloyaltyRulers in Shakespeare’s plays often find themselves armed against enemies but not against the perfidy of their friends.
18. relegateV.—to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banishSynonym: demote, transfer, exileEven if they relegate him to a mere clerical job, he is determined to make his presence felt.
19. squeamishAdj.—inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upsetSynonym: queasy, oversensitiveIf I am called squeamish for disliking the horror movie, what do we call those who say that they liked it?
20. subservientAdj.—subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some endSynonym: secondary, servileThe officers were taught to be respectful of but not blindly subservient to their superior’s wishes.
21. susceptibleAdj.—open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistanceSynonym: vulnerable, impressionableThe trouble with being susceptible to flattery is that you can never be sure that the flatterer is sincere.