week 4 Flashcards
alacrity
briskness, lively action
i moved with alacrity when i saw kika get off the boat
disdain
contempt,dislike
i disdain when someone leads me on
belligerent
warlike, likes to right
he was belligerent so she left him
intimidate
to overawe,scare
feint
a false attack
pugnacious
quarrelsome,picks fights
lano is very pugnacious with jacob loos
promulgate
to make knows officially
i asked my boss to promulgate the schedule
brash
impudent - be rude fail peoples respect
lu has a brash personality
scoff
to sneer at
sarah scoffs at me when i say something dumb
belittle
to make seem less important
kids belittle other kids at camp
solace
easing of grief
my grandpa died but we were solace because he lived a good life
aspirant
candidate for higher position
my dad is was an aspirant for cheif
dregs
most worthless part
the dregs in my trader joe chips
frenzy
wild fit
in a frenzy i look for my phone
scurrilous
coarse, rough, vulgar
scurrilous language is not aloud at the hoco dance
tangible
having actual form
my ssn is tangible
laceration
cut in the skin
you get a laceration when you cut yourself
castigate
to correct by punishing
paula should have been castigated
sordid
dirty, base
the theif is sordid
octogenarian
person in his or her eighties
my nana is octogenarian
