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| elan (n) | an enthusiastic vigor and liveliness, spirit; a flair |
| dissipate (v) | to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant |
| disavow (v) | to deny responsibility for or connection with |
| conducive (adj) | tending to promote or assist, helpful, favorable |
| expurgate (v) | to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify |
| dispassionate (adj) | impartial; calm, free from emotion |
| consternation (n) | dismay, confusion |
| dissension (n) | disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
| bovine (adj) | resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
| acrmonious (adj) | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| corpulent (adj0 | fat; having a large, bulky body |
| subservient (adj) | subordinate in capacity or role; serving to promote some end; submissively obedient |
| perfidy (n) | faithfulness, treachery |
| hypothetical (adj) | based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
| impugn (v) | to call into question; attack as false |
| odium (n) | hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
| intemperate (adj) | immoderate, lacking in self-control, inclement |
| ignoble (adj) | mean, low, base |
| squeamish (adj) | inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined |
| susceptible (adj) | open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
| gauntlet (n) | 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 |
| relegate (v) | to place in a lower pposition; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
