Vocab #8

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Pugnacious

having a quarrelsome or combative nature

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Derogatory

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

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Mollify

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

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Derision

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

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Receptive

 able or quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc. 

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​​Crestfallen

dejected, dispirited, discouraged; unhappy after a recent experience 

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Apprehension

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

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Writhed

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

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Monotonous

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

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Drone

 to make a low continuous humming sound

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