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Weird Words Napoli

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Ambivalent : having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two. – I was feeling very ambivalent over which movie to watch.
Bucolic of or pertaining to shephards; pastoral- This year’s October festival was great, bucolic spectacle.
Crothety given to odd notions, whims, or grouchiness. - The book was full of crotchety plots and story.
Dilatory tending delay or procrastinate; slow or tardy. – I tend to be dilatory at arriving at school on time.
Disconsolate to be without consolation or solace’ hopelessly unhappy. – The new house felt disconsolate since I was by myself
Dudgeon a feeling of resentment, or in anger. – When my teacher counted my turned-in assignment as missing, I was dudgeon.
Genteel belonging or suited to polite society. – I feel genteel to society when I help out the community.
Jocund cheerful; merry; or glad. – I felt a feeling of jocund when I bought a new puppy.
Loquacious talking or tending to talk much or freely. – My aunt was very loquacious during our family reunion.
Splenetic irritable or peevish; spiteful – The small children were splenetic towards the older kids.
Tendentious having or showing a definite bias or purpose- this book was extremely tendentious based on politics.
Truculent fierce; cruel; savagely brutal- The zombie encounters were described as very truculent.
Vacuous without contents or empty-I dug for the treasure chest, but when I opened it, it was vacuous.
Venal willing to sell one’s influences; bribe- The venal for the mustang was incredibly unfair.
Alacrity cheerful promptness or willingness- the dog was very alacrity.
Aspirant person who seeks or desires a career- when I graduate out of college, I think I will be very aspirant.
Belligerent a warlike character, or aggressively hostile- the soldier was very belligerent on the Korean War.
Belittle to regard or portray as less impressive or important that appearances- most guys seem to belittle towards girls.
Brash : impertinent or tactless- the soldier died in the ambush due to his brash in intelligence.
Castigate to criticize or punish in order to correct- the judge castigated the man for the murder of a woman.
Disdain to look upon or treat with contempt; despise or scorn- the popular people do not disdain the unpopular groups.
Dregs the sediment of liquids- waffles could be considered as a dreg.
Feint a movement made in order to deceive or an attack aimed at one place or point of attack.
Frenzy extreme mental agitation or wild excitement- the amusement park was filled with frenzy.
Intimidate to make timid, or fill with fear- the ghost was very intimidating to the crowd.
Laceration a rough or jagged tear- the paper was torn in laceration.
Octogenarian of the age of 80 years old- my friend’s grandparents are octogenarians.
Promulgate to make known by open declaration or to publish- the book was made promulgate.
Pugnacious inclined to quarrel or fight readily- when the platforms rose, the careers looked at each other in a pugnacious way.
Scoff to speak derisively or to mock or jeer- the football jocks scoffed when a nerd asked for an autograph.
Scurrilious : grossly or obscenely abusive- the careers killed the other tributes with scurrilous expressions on their faces
Solace comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble- after my friend’s cat died, I made him feel happier by acting solace toward him.
Sordid did: morally ignoble or base- the varsity football jocks were very sordid to the JV players.
Tangible : capable of being touched or discernible by the touch- people with sensitive skin are very tangible to the touch.
Created by: ignaciore
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