Vocabulary Week 3 Day 3

To hate or despise something

• bristle

• loathe

• wrest

• caustic

Something disgusting or despicable

• lackluster

• caustic

• loathsome

• ominous

to take by force

• wrest

• reprimand

• repudiate

• tremble

Nobody voted for the senator because of his consistently ___ speeches which contained no conviction or passion.

• lackluster

• caustic

• ceaseless

• tremulous

___ the remote from his younger brother, the boy cheered with victory.

• Wrested

• Wresting

• Wrested

• Wrestling

The criminal was convicted quickly by the jury for his ___ crime.

Students generally ___ writing although it is a very important skill to develop.

The bully ___ mocked the mousy girl in front of the whole school.

• caustically

• ominously

• caustic

• ominous

The popular athlete ____ the affections of the shy, nerdy girl because he was afraid of being teased by the team.

• repudiates

• repudiated

• ceased

• ceases

Romeo and Juliet had a ___ love despite the disputes between their families and their eventual deaths.

• ceaseless

• ominous

• lackluster

• tremulous