Vocab week Second quarter group 2

raucous

unpleasantly loud or rough

scathing

very critical or scornful

temerity

recklessness, audacity, boldness

urbane

sophisticated and refined

verbose

very wordy

wreak

to inflict harm or violence, terrible consequence

accrue

to accumulate, gather slowly

brandish

to wave something in a threatening way, aggressively

charlatan

a fake, someone who claims to be someone they aren't

Demure

modest, reserved, shy

egregious

remarkably bad, glaring offensive

flippant

disrespectful, lacking seriousness

goad

to provoke

Haughty

arrogant, condescending

illicit

illegal or morally improper