G-DEGREES: February 2011

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)

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