SPV8 level F

Antonyms: slender, lean, gaunt, emaciated

(adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body

Many people considered Miley Cyrus's performance of "Wrecking Ball" to be _____ and low class.

(v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish

Many students in medical school find they become squeamish when they dissect parts of the human body. Squeamish means:

part of speech: corpulent

In the Middle Ages, a knight threw down his ___ as a challenge, and another knight picked it up only if he accepted.

SYNONYMS: biting, hostile, caustic, peevish

Feelings that have dissipated have:

(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify

part of speech: dispassionate

(adj.) stinging, biter in temper or tone

part of speech: perfidy

part of speech: hypothetical

part of speech: acrimonious

part of speech: disavow

Your doctor gets out the big, scary needle, and you suddenly feel sick.

Even if they _________ him to washing potatoes, he is determined to keep working there.

(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion

part of speech: expurgate

The coach tolerated no __________ from his players; it was his way or the highway.

(adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive

It's awful when divorced people _________ each other in front of their children.

Mamacita is described as ______________ and unable to get out of the taxi and up the stairs without help.

part of speech: dissension

to call into question; to attack as false

part of speech: odium

part of speech: dissipate

A text from which objectional passages have been removed has been

part of speech: relegate

(adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient

Even if they___him to a mere clerical job, he is determined to make his presence felt.

part of speech: gauntlet

When young people join the military, they quickly learn that being _________ to officers can be challenging.

The celebrity vampires had to run a ____ of television cameras to get inside.

Because your teacher or Dad told you to — you do it because you are submissive.

You're the one who always gets sick in your family.

(adj.) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance

Most people will agree that a noble purpose does not justify ___ means.

(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

The zombie dealt with life's disasters in an unemotional, ____ way.

(adj.) based on an assumption or guess

Science is not based on _____ assumptions, but on proven facts.

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

part of speech: squeamish

The wealthy vampire's concern for her had slowly ____ over time.

His father looked at the mess with ___, hardly knowing what to say first.

The word bovine can be used to refer to what kind of animal?

Base, or low, like that dude in Biology who’s always telling fart jokes.

When your best friend tells everyone your deepest secrets

part of speech: impugn

To attack as false or wrong

Esperanza displays _________ when she realizes all her mother might have been, but gave up instead.

Experience taught her to control her _______ outbursts of anger.

General or widespread hatred or disgust directed toward someone.

(n.) dismay, confusion

Based primarily on surmise or pretty good guessing rather than adequate evidence.

SYNONYMS: emotional, amazement, bewilderment, dismay

(n.) faithlessness, treachery

(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander

(n.) an armored or protective glove; a challenge; an ordeal

Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites

To deny responsibility for or connection with is

In court, "experts" are often called to offer factual, ___________, evidence in a case.

The zombie teacher ____ the naughty words from her student's poem about brains.

SYNONYMS: disown, disclaim, retract

part of speech: intemperate

Co-morbidities make people more susceptible to COVID-19. Susceptible means:

(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with

(adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement

part of speech: consternation

(adj.) mean, low, base

Eating human brains or eating human hearts: these issues caused bitter ____ at the party.

part of speech: susceptible

Your boss sends you to clean the toilets when you are supposed to be on the design team.

part of speech: subservient

Which of the following is the opposite of admiration?

ANTONYMS: alert, bright, quick, keen

Another word for treachery might be

(adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined

Many times in movies, old women are portrayed as _________ and they yell at everyone.

The officers were taught to be respectful of but not blindly ___ to their superior's wishes.

part of speech: bovine

part of speech: ignoble