AcrimoniousAdj: Stinging, bitter in temper or

tone

Acid (ACrImonious) stings and burns

Bovineadj: resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unreasponsive

boVINE: cows and oxes lazily eat the vegetation

ConsternationNoun- dismay, confusion

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

CorpulentAdj- fat; having a large, bulky body

I think of cows and how they are bulky and fat animals

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”

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.

DissensionN- disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

I see disconnection. When there is a disconnection there is a sharp difference of opinion

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.

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

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 ;)

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…”

Ignobleadj- mean, low, base

• IGNOre people who are mean, unkind, and low

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.

Intemperateadj- immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement

• inTEMPERate. When you are temperamental, you lose control in yourself in a rage

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

Perfidyn- faithlessness,

treachery

Relegate v- to place in a lower

position; to assign, refer, turn over, to banish

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.

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 serveHouse elves in

harry potter must serve their master

no matter what

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