| A | B |
|---|
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : DULL, MEDIOCRE |
| caustic | marked by direct sarcasm |
| reprimand | a severe or formal criticism |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision/bump |
| dupe | A person easily tricked |
| incipient | just beginning to exist |
| inadvertent | unintentional |
| ominous | being perceived as a threat or bad sign; foreshadowing |
| repudiate | to reject as untrue or unjust |
| bristle | to stiffen with fear or anger |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : STOP |
| stipulate | to specify as a condition or requirement (as of an agreement or offer) |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| condolence | sympathy with another in sorrow |
| mundane | characterized by the practical, transitory, and ordinary |
| incongruous | inconsistent within itself |
| alacrity | promptness in response: cheerful readiness |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior |
| feint | false attack |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : FRIGHTEN |
| pugnacious | having a quarrelsome or combative nature |
| brash | done in haste without regard for consequences |
| belittle | to cause (a person or thing) to seem little or less |
| scoff | to show contempt by derisive acts or language |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration |
| tangible | Having actual form; substantially real : MATERIAL |
| laceration | a torn and ragged wound |
| castigate | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness |
| octogenarian | a person whose age is in the eighties |
| solace | comfort in grief : alleviation of grief or anxiety |
| aspirant | one who aspires; candidate, striver, applicant |
| dregs | Most worthless part |
| frenzy | a temporary madness |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
