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English 2 Lists 5-8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alacrity | briskness, lively action |
| pugnacious | Eager or quick to argue or fight. |
| disdain | contempt or hatred |
| promulgate | to make known officially |
| belligerent | warlike |
| brash | offensively bold or impudent |
| intimidate | to overawe or make fearful |
| scoff | to sneer at |
| feint | a false attack |
| belittle | to make seem less important |
| tangible | having actual form |
| solace | easing for grief |
| laceration | jagged wound |
| aspirant | candidate for high position |
| castigate | to correct by punishing |
| dregs | most worthless part |
| sordid | dirty, base |
| frenzy | wild fit |
| octogenarian | person in his or her eighties |
| scurrilous | given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed; coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous |
| ominous | threatening |
| tremulous | quivering |
| repudiate | to reject, decline |
| cessation | a stopping |
| bristle | stiffen with fear or anger |
| euphemism | a less offensive term |
| mundane | worldly |
| incongruous | inappropriate |
| condolence | pity |
| stipulate | to specify a condition |
| loathe | to hate |
| reprimand | to show sharp disapproval |
| lackluster | dull |
| caustic | sarcastic, biting |
| wrest | take by force |
| infamous | having a bad reputation |
| jostle | to shove hard |
| dupe | a person easily tricked |
| incipient | just beginning to exist |
| inadvertent | heedless, not attentive |