| A | B |
|---|
| acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| bovine | slow, sluggish; resembling a cow or ox |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist, helpful, favorable |
| consternation | dismay, confusion |
| corpulent | fat, having a large, bulky body |
| disavow | to deny responsibility for or connection with |
| dispassionate | impartial, calm, free from emotion |
| dissension | disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
| élan | an enthusiastic vigor and liveliness |
| expurgate | to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify |
| gauntlet | a challenge to combat; an armored or protective glove |
| hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess |
| ignoble | mean, low, base |
| impugn | to call into question, attack as false |
| intemperate | immoderate, lacking in self-control |
| odium | hatred, contempt |
| perfidy | faithlessness, treachery, betrayal |
| relegate | to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
| squeamish | inclinded to nausea; easily shocked or upset |
| subservient | submissively obedient |
| susceptible | open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
| dissipate | to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel |
