4th Quarter English Vocab

apprehensive

1.

uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.

2.

quick to learn or understand.

3.

perceptive; discerning (usually followed by of ).

belligerently

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.

brusquely

abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return.

contemptuously

showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful.

contorted

1.

twisted in a violent manner; distorted.

2.

twisted back on itself; convoluted.

dejectedly

depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited: The dejected expression on the face of the loser spoiled my victory.

derision

1.

ridicule; mockery: The inept performance elicited derision from the audience.

2.

an object of ridicule.

derogatory

tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.

imperiously

1.

domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.

2.

urgent; imperative: imperious need.

liniment

a liquid or semiliquid preparation for rubbing on or applying to the skin, as for sprains or bruises, usually soothing or counterirritating.

morosely

1.

gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.

2.

characterized by or expressing gloom.

ominously

1.

portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.

2.

having the significance of an omen.

peer

1.

a person of the same legal status: a jury of one's peers.

2.

a person who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background, and social status.

3.

something of equal worth or quality: a sky-scraper without peer.

4.

a nobleman.

5.

a member of any of the five degrees of the nobility in Great Britain and Ireland (duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron).

6.

Archaic . a companion.

plaintively

expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.

pugnacious

inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.

recumbent

1.

lying down; reclining; leaning.

2.

inactive; idle.

3.

Zoology, Botany . noting a part that leans or reposes upon its surface of origin.

reprehensible

deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.

scoff

–verb (used without object)

1.

to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at ): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.

–verb (used with object)

2.

to mock at; deride.

–noun

3.

an expression of mockery, derision, doubt, or derisive scorn; jeer.

4. an object of mockery or derision

sullenly

1.

showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.

2.

persistently and silently ill-humored; morose.

3.

indicative of gloomy ill humor.

4.

gloomy or dismal, as weather or a sound.

5.

sluggish, as a stream.

6.

Obsolete . malignant, as planets or influences.

tart

1.

sharp to the taste; sour or acid: tart apples.

2.

sharp in character, spirit, or expression; cutting; caustic: a tart remark.

(definitions from Dictionary com, just in case anyone's curious)