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Test 2 LA Vocab

TermDefinition
Loathe To Hate
Caustic Sarcastic, biting
Wrest To take by force
Lackluster Dull
Reprimand To show sharp disaproval
Idiom: Crocodile Tears Insincere tears
Infamous Having a bad reputation
Jostle To shove hard
Dupe A person easily tricked
Incipient Just beginning to exist
Inadvertant Heedless, not attentive
Idiom: To carry the day To win approval of the majority
Ominous Threatening
Tremulous Quivering
Repudiate To reject, decline
Cessation A stopping
Bristle To stiffen with fear or anger
Idiom: Skid row Disreputable part of town, inhabited by derelicts and people "on the skid"
Euphemism A less offensive term
Mundance Worldly
Incongruous Inappropriate
Condolence Pity
Stipulate To specify a condition
Idiom: To go up in smoke To come to no practical result
Alacrity Briskness, lively action
Disdain Contempt (To feel that another person is worthless)
Belligerent Warlike
Intimidate To overawe
Fient A false attack
Idiom: To throw down the gauntlet To challenge someone
Pugnacious Quarrelsome
Promulgate To make known officially
Brash Impudent (Disrespect)
Scoff To sneer at
Belittle to make seem less important
Tangible Having actual form
Laceration jagged wound
Castigate To correct by punishing
Sordid Dirty, base
Octogenarian Peson in his or her eighties
Idiom: Hobson's choice To have no choice at all
Solace Easing of grief
Aspirant Canditate for a high position
Dregs Most worthless part
Frenzy Wild fit
Scurrilous Coarse
To rule the roost To be in charge, to be the master
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