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| adj. stinging, bitter in temper or tone; biting, caustic, rancorous, hostile, peevish; ANTONYMS: gentle, warm, mild, friendly, cordial |
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| adj. resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive; stolid, dull, slow, stupid; ANTONYMS: alert, sharp, bright, keen, quick |
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| n. dismay, confusion, shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay; ANTONYMS: calm, composure, aplomb |
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| adj. fat; having a large, bulky body; overweight, heavy, obese, stout, portly; ANTONYMS: slender, lean, spare, gaunt, emaciated |
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| v. to deny responsibility for or connection with; disown, disclaim, retract, abjure; ANTONYMS: acknowledge, admit, grant, certify |
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| adj. impartial; calm, free from emotion; unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached; ANTONYMS: committed, engaged, partial, biased |
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| n. disagreement, sharp difference of opinion; strife, discord, contention; ANTONYMS: agreement, accord, harmony |
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| v. to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of please; disperse, strew, diffuse, waste; ANTONYMS: gather, collect, conserve, husband |
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| v. to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify; purge, censor, bowdlerize |
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| n. an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal; dare, provocation, trial, punishment |
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| adj. based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation; assumed, supposed, conjectural, conditional; ANTONYMS: actual, real, tested, substantiated |
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| adj. mean, low, base; inferior, unworthy, dishonorable, sordid; ANTONYMS: admirable, praiseworthy, lofty, noble |
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| v. to call into question; to attack as false; challenge, deny, dispute, query, question; ANTONYMS: confirm, prove, verify, validate |
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| adj. immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement; excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate; ANTONYMS: moderate, restrained, cool and collected |
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| n. hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct; abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy; ANTONYMS: esteem, admiration, approbation |
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| n. faithlessness, treachery; betrayal, disloyalty, treason, duplicity; ANTONYMS: faithfulness, loyalty, steadfastness |
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| v. to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish; transfer, consign, demote, exile; ANTONYMS: promote, elevate, advance, recall |
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| adj. inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined; nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish |
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| adj. subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end; secondary, servile, obsequious, useful; ANTONYMS: primary, principal, bossy, domineering |
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| adj. open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance; vulnerable, receptive, impressionable; ANTONYMS: resistant, immune |
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