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Acrimonious(adj.) |
stinging , bitter in temper or tone |
She got suspended because of her acrimonious attitude towards others in school |
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Bovine(adj.) |
Resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
After a few days of sitting on the couch, watching netflix and eating ice cream, i begin to see myself as bovine |
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Consternation(n.) |
Dismay, confusion |
I was in a state of consternation after a stranger shoved me in disneyland |
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Corpulent(adj.) |
Fat; having a large, bulky body |
My aunt was a very corpulent child and worked hard to lose weight |
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Disavow(v.) |
To deny responsibility for or connection with |
After my friends started making a racket in the hallway, i disavowed myself and walked away |
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Dispassionate(sdj.) |
Impartial; calm, free from emotion |
By the fourth marking period, most kids become dispassionate and lazy |
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dissention (n.) |
Disagreement, sharp, difference of opinion |
The kids got two days in school suspension because their dissention caused a fight in the cafeteria |
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Dissipate(v.) |
To cause to disappear; to scatter, to dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
The money dissipated from my pocket after a few hours in the mall without me even noticing |
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Expurgate(v.) |
To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify |
I expurgated my fish from his original tank because the other fish was sick |
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Gauntlet(n.) |
An armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal |
warriors used to wear gauntlets to protect the hands |
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Hypothetical(adj.) |
Based on assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
When people want advice, but they don’t want people to know personal information about them, they might ask it hypothetically |
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Ignoble(adj.) |
mean,low,base |
His ignoble reputation made people not trust him |
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impugn(v.) |
To call into question; to attack as false |
Mayella was impugned to so the jurors could hear her side of the story |
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intemperate(adj.) |
immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement |
I am very intemperate when it comes to cake and other sweets |
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Odium(n.) |
Hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
Mulan caused odium to her family when she couldn’t find a husband |
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Perfidy(n.) |
Faithlessness, treachery |
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Relegate(v.) |
To place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turnover; to banish |
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Squeamish(adj.) |
Inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined |
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Subservient(adj.) |
Subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end |
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Susceptible(adj.) |
Open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
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