Definitions Flashcards

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Bovine

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Resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive

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Consternation

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Dismay, confusion

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Corpulent

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Fat; having a large, bulky body

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Disavow

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To deny responsibility for or connection with

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5
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Dispassionate

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Impartial; calm, free from emotion

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Dissension

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Disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

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Dissipate

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To cause to disappear; to shatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure

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Expurgate

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To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify

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Gauntlet

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An armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person fleeced to run between them; an ordeal

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Hypothetical

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Based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation

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Ignoble

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Mean, low, base

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Impugn

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To call into question; attack as false

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Intemperate

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Immoderate, lacking in self-control, inclement

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Odium

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Hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct

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Perfidy

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Faithlessness, treachery

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Relegate

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To place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish

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Squeamish

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Inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious

18
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Subservient

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Subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end

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Susceptible

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Ion to; easily influence; lacking in resistance

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Acrimonious

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Stinging, bitter in temper or tone