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4th Nine Weeks ATV

TermDefinition
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
Created by: jessicadae
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