Monday, August 22, 2011

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

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