week 4

Question 1

alacrity

Answer 1

briskness, lively action
i moved with alacrity when i saw kika get off the boat

Question 2

disdain

Answer 2

contempt,dislike
i disdain when someone leads me on

Question 3

belligerent

Answer 3

warlike, likes to right
he was belligerent so she left him

Question 4

intimidate

Answer 4

to overawe,scare

Question 5

feint

Answer 5

a false attack

Question 6

pugnacious

Answer 6

quarrelsome,picks fights
lano is very pugnacious with jacob loos

Question 7

promulgate

Answer 7

to make knows officially
i asked my boss to promulgate the schedule

Question 8

brash

Answer 8

impudent - be rude fail peoples respect
lu has a brash personality

Question 9

scoff

Answer 9

to sneer at
sarah scoffs at me when i say something dumb

Question 10

belittle

Answer 10

to make seem less important
kids belittle other kids at camp

Question 11

solace

Answer 11

easing of grief
my grandpa died but we were solace because he lived a good life

Question 12

aspirant

Answer 12

candidate for higher position
my dad is was an aspirant for cheif

Question 13

dregs

Answer 13

most worthless part
the dregs in my trader joe chips

Question 14

frenzy

Answer 14

wild fit
in a frenzy i look for my phone

Question 15

scurrilous

Answer 15

coarse, rough, vulgar
scurrilous language is not aloud at the hoco dance

Question 16

tangible

Answer 16

having actual form
my ssn is tangible

Question 17

laceration

Answer 17

cut in the skin

you get a laceration when you cut yourself

Question 18

castigate

Answer 18

to correct by punishing

paula should have been castigated

Question 19

sordid

Answer 19

dirty, base
the theif is sordid

Question 20

octogenarian

Answer 20

person in his or her eighties
my nana is octogenarian