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English 2 Lists 5-8
Question | Answer |
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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 |