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Unit 8
Sadlier-Oxford Level F
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01/27/2007

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Elan
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(n) an enthusiastic vigor and liveliness, spirit; a flair
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Dissipate
Definition
(v) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure
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Disavow
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(v) to deny responsibility for or connection with
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Conducive
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(adj) tending to promote or assist, helpful, favorable
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Expurgate
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(v) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify
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Dispassionate
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(adj) impartial; calm, free from emotion
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Consternation
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(n) dismay, confusion
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Dissension
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(n) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
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Bovine
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(adj) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
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Acrimonious
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(adj) stinging, bitter in temper or tone
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Corpulent
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(adj) fat; having a large, bulky body
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Subservient
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(adj) subordinate in capacity or role; serving to promote some end; submissively obedient
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Perfidy
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(n) faithlessness, treachery
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Hypothetical
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(adj) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation
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Impugn
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(v) to call into question; attack as false
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Odium
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(n) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct
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Intemperate
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(adj) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement
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Ignoble
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(adj) mean, low, base
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Squeamish
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(adj) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined
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Susceptible
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(adj) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance
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Gauntlet
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(n) an armored or protective glove; a challenge to combat; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal
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Relegate
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(v) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish
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