| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ominous | threatening |
| tremulous | quivering |
| repudiate | to reject, decline |
| cessation | a stopping |
| bristle (v.) | stiffen with anger or fear |
| euphemism | a less offensive term |
| mundane | worldly |
| incongruous | inappropriate |
| condolence | pity |
| stipulate | to specify a condition |
| tangible | having actual form |
| laceration | jagged wound |
| castigate | to correct by punishment |
| sordid | dirty, base |
| octogenarian | person in his or her eighties |
| solace | easing of grief |
| aspirant | candidate for high position |
| dregs | most worthless part |
| frenzy | wild fit |
| scurrilous | coarse |
| rampant | going unchecked, widespread |
| inane | foolish |
| ethics | code of principles |
| concur | agree |
| clandestine | secret, undercover |
| flagrant | outrageous, glaringly bad |
| admonish | to warn, reprove |
| duress | compulsion, force |
| culprit | the guilty person |
| inexorable | inflexible, unrelenting |
| alacrity | briskness, lively action |
| disdain (n.) | contempt |
| belligerent | warlike |
| intimidate | to overawe |
| feint | a false attack |
| pugnacious | quarrelsome |
| promulgate | to make known officially |
| brash | impudent |
| scoff | to sneer |
| belittle | to make seem less important |
| egregious | remarkably bad |
| distraught | mentally confused, crazed |
| duplicity | cunning, trickery |
| acrimonious | bitter |
| paucity | scarcity |
| elicit | to draw forth |
| pernicious | harmful, causing injury |
| tolerate | to put up with, to bear |
| construe | to make a deduction, to infer |
| impunity | freedom from punishment |
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