List 3

Question 1

adj.) caustic, angry, biting, or bitter especially in feeling, language, or manner

Answer 1

acrimonious

Question 2

(v.) to warn; to rebuke; to censure; to scold with mildness.

Answer 2

admonish

Question 3

(n.) cheerful readiness or willingness;

Answer 3

alacrity

Question 4

(adj.) Hostile; addicted to war; warlike; threatening

Answer 4

belligerent

Question 5

(adj.) done in haste without regard for consequences; uninhibited; assertive in rude or overbearing way

Answer 5

brash

Question 6

(v.) to subject to severe punishment, rebuke, or criticism

Answer 6

castigate

Question 7

(adj.) secret; hidden; private; withdrawn from public view

Answer 7

clandestine

Question 8

(v.) To explain or deduce the meaning of; interpret; to judge by inference

Answer 8

construe

Question 9

(n.)
feeling that something is not worthy of one’s respect
(v.)
To think unworthy; to reject; to treat with contempt

Answer 9

disdain

Question 10

(adj.) agitated and deeply upset

Answer 10

distraught

Question 11

(n.) Waste or residue; trash; worthless part of something

Answer 11

dregs

Question 12

(n.) Deceitfulness; cunning or double-dealing

Answer 12

duplicity

Question 13

(n.) A deceptive movement or blow (in fighting) a false show meant to distract

Answer 13

feint

Question 14

(n.) a jagged tear or wound

Answer 14

laceration

Question 15

(n.) A person whose age is in the eighties.

Answer 15

octogenarian

Question 16

(v.) to proclaim or make known officially; to make widespread; to declare

Answer 16

promulgate

Question 17

(adj.) Disposed to fight; combative; quarrelsome

Answer 17

pugnacious

Question 18

(adj.) Vulgar; using low and indecent, coarse language;
often describing language or behavior

Answer 18

scurrilous

Question 19

(n.) An easing of grief, loneliness; comfort; a source of consolation; relief

Answer 19

solace

Question 20

(adj.)
Morally distasteful; dirty; marked by filthiness or grossness

Answer 20

sordid