Vocab 3

Question 1

Acrimonious

Answer 1

Caustic, angry, biting, or bitter especially in feeling, language, or manner.

Question 2

Admonish

Answer 2

To warn; to rebuke; to censure; to scold with mildness.

Question 3

Alactricy

Answer 3

Cheerful readiness or willingness.

Question 4

Belligerent

Answer 4

Hostile; addicted to war; warlike; threatening.

Question 5

Brash

Answer 5

Done in haste without regard for consequences; uninhibited; assertive or rude in an overbearing way.

Question 6

Castigate

Answer 6

To subject to severe punishment, rebuke, or criticism.

Question 7

Clandestine

Answer 7

Secret; hidden; private; withdrawn from public view.

Question 8

Construe

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Disdain

Answer 9

Scorn; contempt; feeling that something is not worthy of one’s respect.

To think unworthy; to reject; to scorn; to treat with contempt.

Question 10

Distraught

Answer 10

Agitated and deeply upset.

Question 11

Dregs

Answer 11

Waste or residue; trash; worthless part of something.

Question 12

Duplicitous

Answer 12

Deceitfulness; cunning or double-dealing.

Question 13

Feint

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Laceration

Answer 14

A jagged tear or wound.

Question 15

Octogenarian

Answer 15

A person whose age is in the eighties.

Question 16

Promulgate

Answer 16

To proclaim or make known officially; to make widespread; to declare.

Question 17

Pugnacious

Answer 17

Disposed to fight; combative; quarrelsome; belligerent.

Question 18

Scurrilous

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Solace

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Sordid

Answer 20

Morally distasteful; dirty; marked by filthiness or grossness.