Week 07
cessation
noun
1.a temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance:
a cessation of hostilities.
1.a temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance:
a cessation of hostilities.
bristle
noun
1.one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
2.anything resembling these hairs.
2.anything resembling these hairs.
verb (used without object)
bristled, bristling.
3.to stand or rise stiffly, like bristles.
4.to erect the bristles, as an irritated animal (often followed by up):
The hog bristled up.
5.to become rigid with anger or irritation:
The man bristled when I asked him to move.
6.to be thickly set or filled with something suggestive of bristles:
The plain bristled with bayonets. The project bristled with difficulties.
7.to be visibly roused or stirred (usually followed by up).
3.to stand or rise stiffly, like bristles.
4.to erect the bristles, as an irritated animal (often followed by up):
The hog bristled up.
5.to become rigid with anger or irritation:
The man bristled when I asked him to move.
6.to be thickly set or filled with something suggestive of bristles:
The plain bristled with bayonets. The project bristled with difficulties.
7.to be visibly roused or stirred (usually followed by up).
verb (used with object)
bristled, bristling.
8.to erect like bristles:The rooster bristled his crest.
9.to furnish with a bristle or bristles.
10.to make bristly.
8.to erect like bristles:The rooster bristled his crest.
9.to furnish with a bristle or bristles.
10.to make bristly.
euphemism
noun
1.the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.
2.the expression so substituted: “To pass away” is a euphemism for “to die.”.
2.the expression so substituted: “To pass away” is a euphemism for “to die.”.
mundane
adjective
1.common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.
2.of or relating to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly:mundane affairs.
3.of or relating to the world, universe, or earth.
2.of or relating to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly:mundane affairs.
3.of or relating to the world, universe, or earth.
incongruous
adjective
1.out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming:
an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
2.not harmonious in character; inconsonant; lacking harmony of parts:an incongruous mixture of architectural styles.
3.inconsistent:actions that were incongruous with their professed principles.
condolence
noun
1.Often, condolences. expression of sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief.
stipulate
verb (used without object), stipulated, stipulating.
1.to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
verb (used with object), stipulated, stipulating.
2.to arrange expressly or specify in terms of agreement:
to stipulate a price.
3.to require as an essential condition in making an agreement:
Total disarmament was stipulated in the peace treaty.
4.to promise, in making an agreement.
5.Law. to accept (a proposition) without requiring that it be established by proof:to stipulate the existence of certain facts or that an expert witness is qualified.
2.to arrange expressly or specify in terms of agreement:
to stipulate a price.
3.to require as an essential condition in making an agreement:
Total disarmament was stipulated in the peace treaty.
4.to promise, in making an agreement.
5.Law. to accept (a proposition) without requiring that it be established by proof:to stipulate the existence of certain facts or that an expert witness is qualified.
loathe
verb (used with object)
loathed, loathing.
1.to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
I loathe people who spread malicious gossip.
1.to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
I loathe people who spread malicious gossip.
I loathe people who spread malicious gossip.
reprimand
noun
1.a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
1.a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
verb (used with object)
2.to reprove or rebuke severely, especially in a formal way.
2.to reprove or rebuke severely, especially in a formal way.
lackluster
adjective
1.lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes
2.lacking liveliness, vitality, spirit, or enthusiasm: a lackluster performance.
1.lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes
2.lacking liveliness, vitality, spirit, or enthusiasm: a lackluster performance.
noun
3.a lack of brilliance or vitality.
British: lacklustre
3.a lack of brilliance or vitality.
British: lacklustre
caustic
adjective
1.
capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
2.
severely critical or sarcastic:
a caustic remark.
1.
capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
2.
severely critical or sarcastic:
a caustic remark.noun
3.
a caustic substance.
4.
Optics:
caustic curve,
caustic surface.
3.
a caustic substance.
4.
Optics:
caustic curve,
caustic surface.
wrest
verb (used with object)
1.to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
2.to take away by force:to wrest a knife from a child.
3.to get by effort:to wrest a living from the soil.
4.to twist or turn from the proper course, application, use, meaning, or the like; wrench.
1.to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
2.to take away by force:to wrest a knife from a child.
3.to get by effort:to wrest a living from the soil.
4.to twist or turn from the proper course, application, use, meaning, or the like; wrench.
2.to take away by force:to wrest a knife from a child.
3.to get by effort:to wrest a living from the soil.
4.to twist or turn from the proper course, application, use, meaning, or the like; wrench.
noun
5.a wresting; twist or wrench.
6.a key or small wrench for tuning stringed musical instruments, as the harp or piano, by turning the pins to which the strings are fastened.
5.a wresting; twist or wrench.
6.a key or small wrench for tuning stringed musical instruments, as the harp or piano, by turning the pins to which the strings are fastened.
6.a key or small wrench for tuning stringed musical instruments, as the harp or piano, by turning the pins to which the strings are fastened.
infamous
adjective
1.having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
2.deserving of or causing an evil reputation; shamefully malign; detestable:an infamous deed.
3.Law:
deprived of certain rights as a citizen, as a consequence of conviction of certain offenses.
of or relating to offenses involving such deprivation.
1.having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
2.deserving of or causing an evil reputation; shamefully malign; detestable:an infamous deed.
3.Law:
deprived of certain rights as a citizen, as a consequence of conviction of certain offenses.
of or relating to offenses involving such deprivation.
2.deserving of or causing an evil reputation; shamefully malign; detestable:an infamous deed.
3.Law:
deprived of certain rights as a citizen, as a consequence of conviction of certain offenses.
of or relating to offenses involving such deprivation.
jostle
verb (used with object)jostled, jostling.
1.to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
2.to drive or force by, or as if by, pushing or shoving:
The crowd jostled him into the subway.
3.to exist in close contact or proximity with:
The three families jostle each other in the small house.
4.to contend with:rival gangs continually jostling each other.
5.to unsettle; disturb:The thought jostled her complacency.
6.Slang. to pick the pocket of.
1.to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
2.to drive or force by, or as if by, pushing or shoving:
The crowd jostled him into the subway.
3.to exist in close contact or proximity with:
The three families jostle each other in the small house.
4.to contend with:rival gangs continually jostling each other.
5.to unsettle; disturb:The thought jostled her complacency.
6.Slang. to pick the pocket of.
verb (used without object)
jostled, jostling.
7.to bump or brush against someone or something, as in passing or in a crowd; push or shove (often followed by with, for, or against):
He jostled for position.
8.to exist in close contact or proximity with someone or something.
9.to compete; contend.
10.Slang. to pick pockets.
7.to bump or brush against someone or something, as in passing or in a crowd; push or shove (often followed by with, for, or against):
He jostled for position.
He jostled for position.
8.to exist in close contact or proximity with someone or something.
9.to compete; contend.
10.Slang. to pick pockets.
noun
11.a shock, push, bump, or brush against someone or something.
11.a shock, push, bump, or brush against someone or something.
alacrity
noun
1.cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.2.liveliness; briskness.
1.cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.2.liveliness; briskness.
disdain
verb (used with object)
1. to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
2. to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; consider beneath oneself:to disdain replying to an insult.
1. to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
2. to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; consider beneath oneself:to disdain replying to an insult.
noun
3. a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn.
3. a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn.
belligerent
adjective
1.warlike; given to waging war.
2.of warlike character; aggressively hostile; bellicose:
a belligerent tone.
3.waging war; engaged in war:
a peace treaty between belligerent powers.
4.pertaining to war or to those engaged in war:
belligerent rights.
1.warlike; given to waging war.
2.of warlike character; aggressively hostile; bellicose:
a belligerent tone.
3.waging war; engaged in war:
a peace treaty between belligerent powers.
4.pertaining to war or to those engaged in war:
belligerent rights.
noun
5.a state or nation at war.
6.a member of the military forces of such a state.
5.a state or nation at war.
6.a member of the military forces of such a state.
intimidate
verb (used with object)intimidated, intimidating.
1.to make timid; fill with fear.
2.to overawe or cow, as through the force of personality or by superior display of wealth, talent, etc.
3.to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear:
to intimidate a voter into staying away from the polls.
1.to make timid; fill with fear.
2.to overawe or cow, as through the force of personality or by superior display of wealth, talent, etc.
3.to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear:
to intimidate a voter into staying away from the polls.
feint
noun
1.a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer.
2.a feigned or assumed appearance:
His air of approval was a feint to conceal his real motives.
1.a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer.
2.a feigned or assumed appearance:
His air of approval was a feint to conceal his real motives.
verb (used without object)
3.to make a feint.
3.to make a feint.
verb (used with object)
4.to make a feint at; deceive with a feint.
5.to make a false show of; simulate.
4.to make a feint at; deceive with a feint.
5.to make a false show of; simulate.
pugnacious
adjective
1. inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
1. inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
brash
adjectivebrasher, brashest.
1.impertinent; impudent; tactless:a brash young man.
2.hasty; rash; impetuous.
3.energetic or highly spirited, especially in an irreverent way; zesty:
a brash new musical.
4.(used especially of wood) brittle.
1.impertinent; impudent; tactless:a brash young man.
2.hasty; rash; impetuous.
3.energetic or highly spirited, especially in an irreverent way; zesty:
a brash new musical.
4.(used especially of wood) brittle.
noun
5.a pile or stack of loose fragments or debris, as of rocks or hedge clippings.
6.brash ice.
7.Pathology. heartburn.
5.a pile or stack of loose fragments or debris, as of rocks or hedge clippings.
6.brash ice.
7.Pathology. heartburn.
rampant
adjective
1.violent in action or spirit; raging; furious:a rampant leopard.
2.growing luxuriantly, as weeds.
3.in full sway; prevailing or unchecked:a rampant rumor.4.(of an animal) standing on the hind legs; ramping.
5.Heraldry. (of a beast used as a charge) represented in profile facing the dexter side, with the body upraised and resting on the left hind leg, the tail and other legs elevated, the right foreleg highest, and the head in profile unless otherwise specified:a lion rampant.
6.Architecture. (of an arch or vault) springing at one side from one level of support and resting at the other on a higher level.
1.violent in action or spirit; raging; furious:a rampant leopard.
2.growing luxuriantly, as weeds.
3.in full sway; prevailing or unchecked:a rampant rumor.4.(of an animal) standing on the hind legs; ramping.
5.Heraldry. (of a beast used as a charge) represented in profile facing the dexter side, with the body upraised and resting on the left hind leg, the tail and other legs elevated, the right foreleg highest, and the head in profile unless otherwise specified:a lion rampant.
6.Architecture. (of an arch or vault) springing at one side from one level of support and resting at the other on a higher level.
inane
adjective
1.lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly:inane questions.
2.empty; void.
1.lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly:inane questions.
2.empty; void.
noun
3.something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
3.something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
ethics
noun
1.(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:the ethics of a culture.
2.(used with a plural verb) the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.:medical ethics; Christian ethics.
3.(used with a plural verb) moral principles, as of an individual:His ethics forbade betrayal of a confidence.
4.(used with a singular verb) that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions.
1.(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:the ethics of a culture.
2.(used with a plural verb) the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.:medical ethics; Christian ethics.
3.(used with a plural verb) moral principles, as of an individual:His ethics forbade betrayal of a confidence.
4.(used with a singular verb) that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions.
