1100 Words: Days 17-24

tangible (adj.)

discernible to touch/palpable/possible/to be treated as fact

consternation (n.)

dismay/state of paralyzing dismay

elicit (v.t.)

draw forth/educe

solace (n.)

easing of grief/comfort in sorrow/consolation

inane (adj.)

foolish/lacking sense or substance

impunity (n.)

freedom from punishment

rampant (adj.)

going unchecked/widespread/unrestrained

culprit (n.)

guilty person

pernicious (adj.)

harmful/causing injury/deadly/destructive

brash (adj.)

hasty and unthinking/lacking sensitivity and tact/impudent

laceration (n.)

jagged wound

construe (v.t.)

make a deduction/infer/interpret

promulgate (v.t.)

make known officially/announce officially

belittle (v.t.)

make seem less important

distraught (adj.)

mentally confused/crazed/deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict

scoff (v.t.&i.)

mock at/treat with derision/sneer

flagrant (adj.)

outrageous/glaringly bad

discern (v.t.)

perceive/observe/see

octogenarian (n.)

person in his or her eighties

feasible (adj.)

possible/likely/logical

tolerate (v.t.)

put up with/bear

pugnacious (adj.)

quarrelsome/belligerent

egregious (adj.)

remarkably bad/conspicuously offensive

affluent (adj.)

rich/well off

paucity (adj.)

scarcity/small number or amount/dearth/scarce supply

clandestine (adj. )

secret/undercover

dreg (n.) [often used in plural]

sediment in a liquid/lees/the basest and least desirable portion

sally (v.i.)

suddenly rush forth

inexorable (adj.)

unrelenting/inflexible/incapable of being dissuaded

admonish (v.t.)

warn/reprove/caution/remind (of an obligation or duty)

frenzy (n.)

wild fit/temporary madness or delirium

aspirant (n.)

candidate for high position/one who aspires (as to advancement, honors)

scurrilous (adj.)

coarse/foul-mouthed

ethics (n.)

code of principles/moral philosophy

duress (n.)

compulsion/force/coercion/constraint by threat

castigate (v.t.)

correct by punishing/criticize severely

duplicity (n.)

cunning/trickery/double-dealing

sordid (adj.)

dirty/base/filthy/foul/morally degraded

concur (v.i.)

agree/act together

acrimonious (adj.)

bitter/rancorous