| A | B |
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| acrimonious | (adj) stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| bovine | (adj) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
| consternation | (n) dismay, confusion |
| corpulent | (adj) fat; having a large, bulky body |
| disavow | (v) to deny responsibility for or connection with |
| dispassionate | (adj) impartial; calm, free from emotion |
| dissension | (n) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
| dissipate | (v) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
| expurgate | (v) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify |
| 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 |
| hypothetical | (adj) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
| ignoble | (adj) mean, low, base |
| impugn | (v) to call into question: to attack as false |
| intemperate | (adj) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement |
| odium | (n) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting in hateful conduct |
| perfidy | (n) faithlessness, treachery |
| relegate | (n) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
| squeamish | (adj) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined |
| subservient | (adj) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end |
| susceptible | adj) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
