Week 3

1.     Bristle (v) – to have hair stand up

2.     Caustic (adj) – stinging; biting

3.     Cessation (n) – a pause

4.     Condolence (n) – expression of sympathy

5.     Dupe (n/v) – an easily fooled person/to fool

6.     Euphemism (n) – an indirect expression

7.     Inadvertent (adj) – due to an oversight; negligent, accidental

8.     Incipient (adj) – just starting

9.     Incongruous (adj) – having inconsistent elements

10.            Infamous (adj) - evil

11.            Jostle (v) – to push, rattle

12.            Lackluster (adj) – lacking brightness

13.            Loathe (v) – to hate

14.            Mundane (adj) – earthly, common, dull, ordinary

15.            Ominous (adj) – menacing; threatening

16.            Reprimand (v) – to scold severely

17.            Repudiate (v) – to refuse to accept; disown

18.            Stipulate (v) – to make a specific demand

19.            Tremulous (adj) - trembling

20.            Wrest (v) – to seize