Contemporary Novels Q3 Vocabulary

anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen

• apprehensive

• brusque

• callous

• egregious

abrupt or offhand in speech or manner

• insolent

• brusque

• callous

• egregious

showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

• insolent

• insolvent

• callous

• egregious

outstandingly bad; extraordinary in some bad way

• insolent

• insolvent

• intractable

• egregious

showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

• insolent

• insolvent

• intractable

• irascible

bankrupt; unable to pay debts owed

• jocular

• insolvent

• intractable

• irascible

hard to control or deal with

• jocular

• listless

• intractable

• irascible

having or showing a tendency to be easily angered

• jocular

• listless

• obdurate

• irascible

fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful

• jocular

• listless

• obdurate

• reserved

(of a person or their manner) lacking energy or enthusiasm

• robust

• listless

• obdurate

• reserved