Vocab set 2

Question 1

Jeer

Answer 1

make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice.

Question 2

Woe

Answer 2

great sorrow or distress (often used hyperbolically).

Question 3

Earnest

Answer 3

resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction.

Question 4

Batter

Answer 4

to beat with successive blows so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish.

Question 5

Writhe

Answer 5

make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.

Question 6

Snivel

Answer 6

cry and sniff in a feeble or fretful way.

Question 7

Stew

Answer 7

(with reference to meat, fruit, or other food) cook or be cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan.

Question 8

Belligerent

Answer 8

Hostile and agressive

Question 9

monotonous

Answer 9

dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest.

Question 10

craftily

Answer 10

in a way that is clever and gets you what you want, especially by indirect or dishonest means; cleverly

Question 11

Brusque

Answer 11

abrupt or offhand in speech or manner; blunt

Question 12

Ominous

Answer 12

portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious