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Vocabulary Workshop unit 8
Sadlier-Oxford
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Language - English
10th Grade
04/14/2010

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acrimonious
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(adj.) angry and bitter in tone
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bovine
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(Adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
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consternation
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(n.) feelings of dismay, confusion, anxiousness
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corpulent
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(adj.) fat (of a person)
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disavow
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(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with
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dispassionate
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(adj.) free of emotion
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dissension
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(n.) disagreement
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dissipate
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(v.) to disperse or scatter
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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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gauntlet
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(n.) an armored or protective glove; a challenge
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hypothetical
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(adj.) of, based on, or serving as a hypothesis
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ignoble
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(adj.) not honorable
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impugn
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(v.) to call into question; to attack as false
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intemperate
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(adj,) immoderate, lacking in self-control
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odium
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(n.) general or widespread hatred or disgust directed toward someone as a result of their actions
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perfidy
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(n.) faithlessness, treachery
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relegate
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(v.) to place in a lower position
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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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subservient
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(adj.) prepared to obey others unquestioningly
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susceptible
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(adj.) open to; easily influence; lacking in resistance
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