Week 4 Flashcards

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Alacrity

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Briskness, lively action

I moved with alacrity when I found out we were ordering food

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Disdain

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Contempt

I was disdain when I watched the joker 2 movie

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Belligerent

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Warlike, likes to fight

My dog was belligerent when he was younger

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Intimidate

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To overawe, scared

I was intimidated when I got called on by the teacher

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Feint

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A false attack

I threw a feint

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Pugnacious

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Quarrelsome-Pick fights

My dog in his younger days was pugnacious

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Promulgate

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To make known officially

The streamer promulgated he was cheating

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Brash

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Impudent - disrespectful

The student was brash towards the teacher

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Scoff

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To sneer at

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Belittle

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To make seem less important in an insulting manner

My intelligence gets belittled because I am at a small school

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Solace

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Easing of grief

We offered solace to my mom and grandma after my grandpa passed

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Aspirant

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Candidate for high position

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Dregs

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Most worthless part

The Cincinnati Bengals were once the dregs of the NFL

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Frenzy

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Wild fit

My mom goes in a frenzy trying to look for her lost items

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Scurrilous

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Coarse-Vulgar

Many students have a scurrilous vocabulary

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