Unit 8

Question 0

Resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive

Answer 0

Bovine

Question 1

Stinging, bitter in temper or tone

Answer 1

Acrimonious

Question 2

Dismay, confusion

Answer 2

Consternation

Question 3

Fat; having a large, bulky body

Answer 3

Corpulent

Question 4

To deny responsibility for or connection with

Answer 4

Disavow

Question 5

Impartial; calm, free from emotion

Answer 5

Dispassionate

Question 6

Disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

Answer 6

Dissension

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Dissipate

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Expurgate

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Gauntlet

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Hypothetical

Question 11

Mean, low, base

Answer 11

Ignoble

Question 12

To call into question; to attack as false

Answer 12

Impugn

Question 13

Immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement

Answer 13

Intemperate

Question 14

Hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct

Answer 14

Odium

Question 15

Faithlessness, treachery

Answer 15

Perfidy

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Relegate

Question 17

Inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined

Answer 17

Squeamish

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Subservient

Question 19

Open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance

Answer 19

Susceptible