Week 1
desiring or consuming great quantities
What is voracious?
expressing much in few words
What is laconic?
sarcastic, biting
What is caustic?
briskness, lively action
What is alacrity?
secret, undercover
What is clandestine?
of high reputation, outstanding
What is eminent?
silent
What is reticent?
heedless, not attentive
What is inadvertent?
impudent
What is brash?
compulsion, force
What is duress?
to predict or foretell a future event
What is prognosticate?
secret, stealthy
What is furtive?
just beginning to exist
What is incipient?
to correct by punishing
What is castigate?
cunning, trickery
What is duplicity?
a statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true
What is paradox?
skillful
What is adroit?
stiffen with fear or anger
What is bristle?
most worthless part
What is dregs?
to make a deduction, to infer
What is construe?
to plead urgently for aid or mercy
What is implore?
eager
What is avid?
a less offensive term
What is euphemism?
coarse
What is scurrilous?
harmful, causing injury
What is pernicious?