Ch. 6-9 Voc.

Front 1

assertive

Back 1

confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman

Front 2

perpetrator

Back 2

to present, execute, or do in a poor or tasteless manner: Who perpetrated this so-called comedy?

Front 3

jeopardy

Back 3

hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury: For a moment his life was in jeopardy

Front 4

altercation

Back 4

heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy.

Front 5

ominously

Back 5

portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.

Front 6

sodden

Back 6

having a soaked appearance.

Front 7

menacingly

Back 7

something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.

Front 8

caustic

Back 8

capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.

Front 9

fervid

Back 9

burning; glowing; intensely hot.

Front 10

informant

Back 10

person who informs or gives information; informer.

Front 11

noncommittal

Back 11

not committing oneself, or not involving committal, to a particular view, course, or the like: The senator gave us a noncommittal answer.

Front 12

incentive

Back 12

something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity

Front 13

scabrous

Back 13

full of difficulties

Front 14

nonchalant

Back 14

Seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent

Front 15

travesty

Back 15

a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter.