| A | B |
|---|
| acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| bovine | resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist, helpful, favorable |
| consternation | dismay, confusion |
| corpulent | fat; having a large, bulky body |
| 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 extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
| elan | an enthusiastic vigor and liveliness, spirit; a flair |
| expurgate | to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify |
| gauntlet | an armored or protective glove; a challenge to combat; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal |
| hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
| ignoble | mean, low, base |
| impugn | to call into question; attack as false |
| intemperate | immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement |
| 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; serving to promote some end; submissively obedient |
| susceptible | open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
