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4th Nine Weeks ATV
Term | Definition |
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Strident | commanding attention by a loud or obtrusive quality |
Wry | cleverly and often ironically grimly humorous |
Vitriolic | virulence of feeling or of speech, especially in a caustic quality (basically bitter) |
Dissent | to differ in opinion; to withhold assent |
Surmount | to surpass in quality or attainment; to prevail over ; to overcome; to reach the top |
Usurp | to take possession of without legal claim; to seize and hold as in office, place or powers; in possession by force or without right |
Candid | marked by honest, sincere expression, marked by sincerity and honestly; blunt |
Derisive | using ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
Ebullient | boiling, agitated; characterized by ebullience; lively, enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings |
Abscond | to store up; to depart secretly and hide oneself |
Daunt | to lessen the courage of; subdue |
Reconstruct | to establish or assemble again |
Evasive | avoiding a direct answer; acting elusively |
Fatalistic | believing that events are fixed in advance and humans are unable to change them |
Fervent | exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling |
Rectify | to set right; to correct by removing errors |
Revile | to subject to verbal abuse, to use abusive language |
Annihilate | to reduce to nothing; to nullify; to destroy |
Untenable | not able to be defended |
Incredulous | filled with anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
Denounce | to pronounce (especially publically) to be blameworthy or evil; to accuse |
Comport | to behave in a manner comfortable to what is right, proper, or expected |
Actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion; to move to action |
Stolid | showing few emotions; impassive |
Insolent | insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct, exhibiting boldness or effrontery; impudent |
Reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech; reserved |
Indignant | filled with anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |