| A | B |
|---|
| acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| bovine | resembling a cow or ox |
| consternation | dismay, confusion |
| corpulent | fat, having a large, bulky body |
| disavow | to deny responsibility for or connection with |
| dispassionate | impartial; calm, free from emotion |
| dissention | dissagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
| dissipate | to cause to disappear |
| expurgate | to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text |
| gauntlet | an armored or protective glove |
| hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess |
| ignoble | mean, low, base |
| impugn | to call into question; to attack as false |
| intemperate | immoderate, lacking in self-control |
| odium | hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
| perfidy | faithlessness, treachery |
| relegate | to place in a lower position |
| squeamish | inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset |
| subservient | subordinate in capacity or role |
| susceptible | open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
