Unit Eight

Question 0

Bovine

Answer 0

(Adj) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive.

Question 1

Acrimonious

Answer 1

(Adj) stinging, bitter in temper or tone.

Question 2

Consternation

Answer 2

(N) dismay, confusion.

Question 3

Corpulent

Answer 3

(Adj) fat, having a large, bulky body.

Question 4

Disavow

Answer 4

(V) to deny responsibility for or connection with.

Question 5

Dispassionate

Answer 5

(Adj) impartial; calm, free from emotion.

Question 6

Dissection

Answer 6

(N) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion.

Question 7

Dissipate

Answer 7

(V) to cause to disappear, to scatter, dispel, to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure.

Question 8

Expurgate

Answer 8

(V) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify, censor.

Question 9

Ignoble

Answer 9

(Adj) mean, low, base.

Question 10

Impugn

Answer 10

(V) to call into question, to attack as false.

Question 11

Intemperate

Answer 11

(Adj) immoderate, lacking in self-control.

Question 12

Odium

Answer 12

(N) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct.

Question 13

Perfidy

Answer 13

(N) faithlessness, treachery.

Question 14

Relegate

Answer 14

(V) to place In a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish.

Question 15

Subservient

Answer 15

(Adj) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end.