| A | B |
|---|
| acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| bovine | resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
| 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 |
| dissipate | to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagent in pursuit of pleasure |
| expurgate | to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to clease, purify |
| gauntlet | 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 |
| hypothetical | based on assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or protect investigation |
| ignoble | mean, low, base |
| impugn | to call into question; to attack as false |
| intemperate | immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement |
| odium | hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
| perfidy | faithlessness, treachery |
| relegate | to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
| squeamish | inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined |
| subservient | subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving ot promote some end |
| susceptible | open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
