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Acrimonious Adj : Stinging, bitter in temper or tone

Acrimonious Adj : Stinging, bitter in temper or tone. Acid ( AC r I monious ) stings and burns. Bovine adj : resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unreasponsive. boVINE : cows and oxes lazily eat the vegetation. Consternation Noun- dismay, confusion.

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Acrimonious Adj : Stinging, bitter in temper or tone

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  1. AcrimoniousAdj: Stinging, bitter in temper or tone Acid (ACrImonious) stings and burns

  2. Bovineadj: resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unreasponsive boVINE: cows and oxes lazily eat the vegetation

  3. ConsternationNoun- dismay, confusion • Consternation -> concern. You are concerned for someone who is confused and appears to be in dismay

  4. CorpulentAdj- fat; having a large, bulky body I think of cows and how they are bulky and fat animals

  5. DisavowV- to deny responsibility for or connection with • A vow is a promise and connection. The prefix “dis” meaning away; you are away from a connection. DISaVOW In Harry Potter this is an “Unbreakable Vow”

  6. DispassionateAdj- impartial; calm, free from emotion • To be passionate about something is to have strong feelings about a certain thing. Prefix “dis” meaning “away” (as mentioned before). To be dispassionate is to be away from feeling/emotion.

  7. DissensionN- disagreement, sharp difference of opinion I see disconnection. When there is a disconnection there is a sharp difference of opinion

  8. Dissipatev- to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure • In dissipate, I hear/see the word disappear which means to not have.

  9. Expurgatev- to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purity exPURGate. I hear the word purge in expurgate, which means to rid of something. Creepy movie 0_0

  10. Gauntletn- an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armored with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them an ordeal. • In Marching Knights, we wear gauntlets to protect our sleeves/gloves and to look cool ;)

  11. HypotheticalAdj- based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation • We’ve all heard of this word…. “Hypothetically saying…”

  12. Ignobleadj- mean, low, base • IGNOre people who are mean, unkind, and low

  13. Impugnv- to call into question; to attack as false • I see the word impersonate (weird I know). When you impersonate someone you are false and called into question.

  14. Intemperateadj- immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement • inTEMPERate. When you are temperamental, you lose control in yourself in a rage

  15. Odiumn- hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct • I see Odd in odium: when you’re odd, you can be considered a disgrace Jacob from twilight was disgraced from the pack for being odd by being around a vampire and trying to help one

  16. Perfidyn- faithlessness, treachery

  17. Relegate v- to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over, to banish

  18. Squeamishadj- inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined • Typically, girls are very squeamish when it comes to bugs and become grossed out.

  19. Subservientadj- subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end I see servant in subservient. Servants must be submissive and obedient to the person they serve House elves in harry potter must serve their master no matter what

  20. Susceptibleadj- open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance • Example: 3rd world countries are easily susceptible to disease and starvation because they have a lack of medicine, food, pure water, and sanitation

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