Barron's 1100 Words - Week 4

alacrity

quick willingness, lively action

aspirant

a person who seeks a high position or advancement

belligerent

eager to fight, hostile, aggressive

belittle

to speak of as unimportant, to put someone down

brash

prone to act in a hasty and offensive manner; impudent

castigate

to punish, chastise

disdain

scorn, contempt

dregs

most worthless part

feint

a pretense, sham, a deliberately deceptive movement

frenzy

a frantic outburst, a state of wild excitement

intimidate

to make afraid, to frighten, especially by threatening someone

laceration

a rough cut, a jagged wound

octogenarian

a person of eighty

promulgate

to make public, make known officially

pugnacious

combative, quarrelsome

scoff

to mock, to sneer at

scurrilous

vulgar, using indecent language

solace

comfort, easing of grief

sordid

filthy, ignoble, dirty

tangible

able to be touched, real, concrete