Vocabulary #8 English Honors

Pugnacious

having a quarrelsome or combative nature

Derogatory

tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory

Mollify

to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.

Derision

a state of being laughed at or ridiculed: an object of ridicule or scorn

Receptive

able or quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc.

Crestfallen

dejected, dispirited, discouraged; unhappy after a recent experience

Apprehension

anxiety, fear, anticipation of adversity or misfortune, suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil

Writhed

to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.

Monotonous

lacking in variety, unvarying, repetitious; having very little inflection and pitch when pertaining to speech

Drone

make a continuous low humming sound