Barron's 1k1 Flashcards
Throng
A great number of people
Gesticulate
To use lively gesture
Accost
To greet first
Vigilant
Alert
Jostle
To push, elbow esp in a crowd
Tremulous
Trembling
Stipulate
Make a specific demand
Incipient
Just starting/ at the initial stage
Bristle
To have one’s hair stand up by anger :v
Wrest
To by force/ seize
Feint
Make a distractive/deceptive movement, esp in a fight
Alacrity
Briskness, lively action
Promulgate
Make known officially
Brash
Self- assertive, arrogant, ostentatious in a tasteless sense
Scoff
To sneer at
Laceration
A deep cut in skin or flesh
Sordid
Dirty, base, ignoble, detestable
Solace
Comfort or consolation
Dregs
The most worthless parts of something
Aspirant
Candidates for higher position
Rampant
Going unchecked , wide spread
Concur
Agree
Duress
Compulsion, force
Culprit
Guilty person