Vocab 8 Flashcards
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Bovine
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Sluggish, unresponsive; Dull
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Acrimonious
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Full of bitterness
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Conducive
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Contributing to an end, beneficial
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Consternation
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Panic, confusion
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Corpulent
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Very fat; obese
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Disavow
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To deny responsibility for
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Dispassionate
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Unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
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Dissension
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Difference of opinion or feeling; Disagreement
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Dissipate
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To disperse or disappear
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Expurgate
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To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from a text
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Gauntlet
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An onslaught or attack from all sides; A protective glove from medieval times
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Hypothetical
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Based on a theory, assumption or guess
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Ignoble
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Not noble
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Impugn
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To call into question; To challenge as false
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Intemperate
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Excessive use, especially with alcoholic beverages; Lack of self-control
