Week 12 Vocabulary - Honors (Spring 2022)

(of a person or their behavior) brave; heroic.

• Gallant

• Optimistic

• Pretentious

 hopeful and confident about the future.

• Gallant

• Optimistic

• Pretentious

attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.

• Gallant

• Optimistic

• Pretentious

(of a person) fond of company; sociable.

• Gregarious

• Hypocritical

• Rowdy

behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.

• Gregarious

• Hypocritical

• Rowdy

noisy and disorderly.

• Gregarious

• Hypocritical

• Rowdy

filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement.

• Exuberant

• Adversary

• Arduous

one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute.

• Exuberant

• Adversary

• Arduous

involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.

• Exuberant

• Adversary

• Arduous

having or requiring toughness and determination.

• Rugged

• Arrogant

• Pursuit