Words you need to know Quiz English

To despise

loathe

Menacing

ominous

Evil

infamous

A pause

cessation

Just starting

incipient

Trembling

tremulous

To have one's hair stand up

bristle

Stinging

caustic

Lacking excitement

mundane

Due to an oversight, negligent

inadvertent

To make a specific demand

stipulate

To push, elbow

jostle

An easily fooled person

dupe

Expression of sympathy

condolence

To scold severely

reprimand

To seize

to wrest

Having inconsistent elements

incongruous

To disown, refuse to accept

repudiate

Lacking brightness

lackluster

Saying something in a less direct way

euphemism