Week 4

1.     Alacrity (n) – quick willingness; eagerness

2.     Aspirant (n) – candidate for a better job

3.     Belligerent (adj) – hostile; seeking war

4.     Belittle (v) – to speak of as unimportant

5.     Brash (adj) – insolent; rude

6.     Castigate (v) – to punish; chastise

7.     Disdain (n) – scorn (for)

8.     Dregs (n) – the most worthless part

9.     Feint (n) – a pretense; sham, deceptive action

10.            Frenzy (n) – a frantic outburst

11.            Intimidate (v) – to make afraid

12.            Laceration (n) – a rough cut

13.            Octogenarian (n) – a person in their eighties

14.            Promulgate (v) – to proclaim; make public

15.            Pugnacious (adj) – quarrelsome; combative

16.            Scoff (v) – to mock (at)

17.            Scurrilous (adj) – vulgar, indecent language

18.            Solace (n) - comfort

19.            Sordid (adj) – filthy; ignoble

20.            Tangible (adj) – able to be touched