1100– List 4

 

1. alacrity - briskness, lively action

 

  2. disdain (n) - contempt

 

  3. belligerent - warlike

 

  4. intimidate - to overawe

 

  5. feint - a false show

 

  6. pugnacious - quarrelsome

 

  7. promulgate - to make known officially

 

  8. brash - impudent; rude

 

  9. scoff - to sneer at

 

 10. belittle - to make seem less important

 

 11. tangible - having actual form; touchable

 

 12. laceration - jagged wound

 

 13. castigate - to correct by punishing

 

 14. sordid - dirty, base

 

 15. octogenarian - person in his eighties

 

 16. solace - easing of grief

 

 17. aspirant - candidate for high position

 

 18. dregs - most worthless part

 

 19. frenzy - wild fit

 

 20. scurrilous - coarse

 

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