Vocabulary Enrichment - Unit 8 Definitions and Synonyms
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Adj.—stinging, bitter in temper or
tone
Synonym: hostile, biting
She whirled to face me when I spoke,
and her answer startled me by its
acrimonious
intensity.
Adj.—resembling a cow or ox;
sluggish; unresponsive
Synonym: slow, dull, stolid
After I told him what had happened,
he sat there with a
bovine
expression
and said nothing.
N.—dismay, confusion
Synonym: shock, bewilderment
His father looked at the mess with
consternation
, hardly knowing what
to say first.
Adj.—fat; having a large, bulky body
Synonym: overweight; obese
Though she had grown
corpulent
with
the years, the opera singer’s voice
and her way with a song were the
same.
V.—to deny responsibility for or
connection with
Synonym: disclaim
The suspect stubbornly continued to
disavow
any part in the kidnapping
plot.
Adj.—impartial; calm; free from
emotion
Synonym: disinterested; detached;
cool
Being a neighbor but not quite a
family friend, he was called in to give
a
dispassionate
view of our plan.
N.—disagreement, sharp difference of
opinion
Synonym: contention; discord
The political party was torn by
dissension
and finally split into two
wings.
V.—to cause to disappear; to scatter;
to spend foolishly; to squander
Synonym: disperse, waste
As chairman he is fair and open, but
he
dissipates
his energies on trivial
things.
V.—to remove objectionable passages
or words from a written text; to
cleanse, purify
Synonym: purge, censor
According the unwritten law of
journalism, the editor alone has the
right to
expurgate
the article.
N.—an armored or protective glove; a
challenge; an ordeal; two lines of
armed men with weapons with which
to beat a person forced to run
between them
Synonym: dare, punishment
In the Middle Ages, a knight threw down his
gauntle
t as a challenge, and another knight
picked it up only if he accepted.
Adj.—based on an assumption or
guess; used as a provisional or
tentative idea to guide or direct
investigation
Synonym: assumed, supposed
Science is not based on
hypothetical
assumptions, but on proven facts.
Adj.—mean, low, base
Synonym: inferior, unworthy
Most people will agree that a noble
purpose does not justify
ignoble
means.
V.—to call into question; to attack as
false
Synonym: challenge, dispute, deny
You can
impugn
the senator’s facts,
but you cannot accuse her of
concealing her intentions.
Adj.—immoderate, lacking in self-
control; inclement
Synonym: extreme; unrestrained
Experience taught her to control her
intemperate
outbursts of anger.
N.—hatred, contempt; disgrace or
infamy resulting from hateful conduct
Synonym: abhorrence, shame
Those eager to heap
odium
on the
fallen tyrant learned that he had
escaped in the night.
N.—faithlessness, treachery
Synonym: betrayal, treason,
disloyalty
Rulers in Shakespeare’s plays often
find themselves armed against
enemies but not against the
perfidy
of their friends.
V.—to place in a lower position; to
assign, refer, turn over; to banish
Synonym: demote, transfer, exile
Even if they
relegate
him to a mere
clerical job, he is determined to make
his presence felt.
Adj.—inclined to nausea; easily
shocked or upset
Synonym: queasy, oversensitive
If I am called
squeamish
for disliking
the horror movie, what do we call
those who say that they liked it?
Adj.—subordinate in capacity or role;
submissively obedient; serving to
promote some end
Synonym: secondary, servile
The officers were taught to be
respectful of but not blindly
subservient
to their superior’s
wishes.
Adj.—open to; easily influenced;
lacking in resistance
Synonym:
vulnerable
, impressionable
The trouble with being
susceptible
to
flattery is that you can never be sure
that the flatterer is sincere.
Explore the meanings of words like "acrimonious," "bovine," "consternation," and more with their synonyms and sentences. Enhance your vocabulary skills by learning how to use these terms effectively in your everyday conversations and writing.
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ACRIMONIOUS Adj. stinging, bitter in temper or tone Synonym: hostile, biting She whirled to face me when I spoke, and her answer startled me by its acrimonious intensity.
BOVINE Adj. resembling a cow or ox; sluggish; unresponsive Synonym: slow, dull, stolid After I told him what had happened, he sat there with a bovine expression and said nothing.
CONSTERNATION N. dismay, confusion Synonym: shock, bewilderment His father looked at the mess with consternation, hardly knowing what to say first.
CORPULENT Adj. fat; having a large, bulky body Synonym: overweight; obese Though she had grown corpulent with the years, the opera singer s voice and her way with a song were the same.
DISAVOW V. to deny responsibility for or connection with Synonym: disclaim The suspect stubbornly continued to disavow any part in the kidnapping plot.
DISPASSIONATE Adj. impartial; calm; free from emotion Synonym: disinterested; detached; cool Being a neighbor but not quite a family friend, he was called in to give a dispassionate view of our plan.
DISSENSION N. disagreement, sharp difference of opinion Synonym: contention; discord The political party was torn by dissension and finally split into two wings.
DISSIPATE V. to cause to disappear; to scatter; to spend foolishly; to squander Synonym: disperse, waste As chairman he is fair and open, but he dissipates his energies on trivial things.
EXPURGATE V. to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify Synonym: purge, censor According the unwritten law of journalism, the editor alone has the right to expurgate the article.
GAUNTLET N. an armored or protective glove; a challenge; an ordeal; two lines of armed men with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them Synonym: dare, punishment In the Middle Ages, a knight threw down his gauntlet as a challenge, and another knight picked it up only if he accepted.
HYPOTHETICAL Adj. based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation Synonym: assumed, supposed Science is not based on hypothetical assumptions, but on proven facts.
IGNOBLE Adj. mean, low, base Synonym: inferior, unworthy Most people will agree that a noble purpose does not justify ignoble means.
IMPUGN V. to call into question; to attack as false Synonym: challenge, dispute, deny You can impugn the senator s facts, but you cannot accuse her of concealing her intentions.
INTEMPERATE Adj. immoderate, lacking in self- control; inclement Synonym: extreme; unrestrained Experience taught her to control her intemperate outbursts of anger.
ODIUM N. hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct Synonym: abhorrence, shame Those eager to heap odium on the fallen tyrant learned that he had escaped in the night.
PERFIDY N. faithlessness, treachery Synonym: betrayal, treason, disloyalty Rulers in Shakespeare s plays often find themselves armed against enemies but not against the perfidy of their friends.
RELEGATE V. to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish Synonym: demote, transfer, exile Even if they relegate him to a mere clerical job, he is determined to make his presence felt.
SQUEAMISH Adj. inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset Synonym: queasy, oversensitive If I am called squeamish for disliking the horror movie, what do we call those who say that they liked it?
SUBSERVIENT Adj. subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end Synonym: secondary, servile The officers were taught to be respectful of but not blindly subservient to their superior s wishes.
SUSCEPTIBLE Adj. open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance Synonym: vulnerable, impressionable The trouble with being susceptible to flattery is that you can never be sure that the flatterer is sincere.
