Unit 8 Vocabulary Review (English 11)

Definition:

(v.) to call into question, attack as false

• expurgate

• ignoble

• impugn

• dissension

Definition:

(adj.) impartial, calm, free from emotion

• dispassionate

• disavow

• subservient

• odium

Definition:

(n.) dismay, confusion

• conducive

• consternation

• gauntlet

• dissension

Definition:

(n.) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct

• subservient

• bovine

• consternation

• odium

Definition:

(adj.) mean, low, base

• ignoble

• hypothetical

• dispassionate

• relegate

Synonym:

excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate

• impugn

• intemperate

• expurgate

• susceptible

Synonym:

inferior, unworthy, dishonorable, sordid

• hypothetical

• gauntlet

• ignoble

• impugn

Synonym:

stolid, dull, slow, stupid

• bovine

• dissension

• odium

• dispassionate

Synonym:

beneficial, contributive, fostering

• subservient

• dissipate

• conducive

• consternation

Synonym:

to transfer, consign; to demote, banish

• relegate

• squeamish

• corpulent

• dissipate