Week 4 Flashcards
Alacrity
Briskness, Lively Action
Ex: When my Boss asks me to do something, I do it with Alactrity
Disdain (n.)
Contempt, a feeling that a person or thing is worthless
Ex: I have disdain for Ms. Hill’s class
Belligerent
Warlike, likes to fight
Ex: My belligerent classmate
Intimidate
To overawe, scare
Ex: Going on a run, the ominous and intimidating dark road
Feint
A False Attack
Ex: When I feint losing in Mario Cart to win.
Pugnacious
Quarrelsome
Ex:My personality is quite pugnacious
Promulgate
To make known officially
Ex: I want to promulgate my goals.
Brash
Impudent, disrespectful
Ex: When parents don’t teach their child, they become brash.
Scoff
To sneer at
Ex:’I sneered at the remark’
Belittle
To make seem less important, to insult
Ex: I don’t want to belittle anyone
Tangible
Having actual form
Ex: The kind of evidence one needs; having actual evidence.
Laceration
A cut on skin, a wound
Ex: My stitches on my leg was from a laceration
Castigate
To correct by punishing
Ex: Castigar
Sordid
Dirty, base, scandalous
Ex: The show, Scandal, is full of sordid events, scandals
Octogenarian
Person in his or her eighties
Ex: The word ‘Octogenarian’ is eighty years old
Solace
Easing of grief
Ex:Seeking solace in your mothers’ arms
Aspirate
Candidate for high position
Ex: Kamala Harris is an aspirant
Dregs
Most worthless part
Ex: The dregs of rec-aide are finding spiders at the workshop
Frenzy
Wild fit
Ex: Sugar tends to bring children into a frenzy-like state with energy
Scurrilous
Coarse, intended to offend or damage rep
Ex: The scurrilous man tended to speak his mind
