Vocabulary 11

alacrity

briskness, lively action

Distain

contempt, lack of respect

belligerent

warlike, hostile, aggressive

intimidate

frighten, overawe, menace

feint

a false attack, deceptive or pretended blow

pugnacious

Quarrelsome, quick to argue

brash

impudent, self assertive in a noisy, rude and overbearing way

promulgate

to make known officially

scoff

to sneer at, to speak to someone in a scornfully derisive or mocking way

belittle

to make seem less important

tangible

having actual form, able to be touched

laceration

jagged wound

castigate

to correct by punishing, reprimand severely

sordid

dirty, sleezy, arousing moral distaste and contempt

octogenarian

a person in his or her 80’s