Vocabulary
Employed as a driver
chauffeur
grossly abusive in language
scurrilous
To be in charge
rule the roost
Person who applies for a job
applicant
dirty or filthy
sordid
Not a professional
amateur
To seek to have a high position
To challenge someone
throw down the gauntlet
Face of a building; false appearance
Facade
castigate
Ghostly figure
apparition
Capable of being touched; having actual form
tangible
To admit your error and apologize
eat humble pie
Person who starts a business
entrepreneur
To console or ease grief
solace
Object produced by a human
artifact
Rough, jagged wound
laceration
A robot or mechanical person
automaton
Group of people related by blood
kindred
person in their 80's
octogenarian
Permanent resident of a place
inhabitant
Least valuable part of something
dregs
To predict or foretell a future event
prognosticate
Scientist who studies the origins of humans
anthropologist
mental agitation; wild excitement
frenzy