Vocab List 3

To respond critically or sarcastically

• retort

• blatant

• archaic

• facetious

not based on fact or investigation

• retort

• speculative

• sporadic

• archaic

(adj.) occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order

• archaic

• sporadic

• retort

• alleviate

to relieve, make more bearable

• sporadic

• blatant

• concur

• alleviate

pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

• concur

• feckless

• forlorn

• facetious

antiquated, old, out of use

• feckless

• archaic

• forlorn

• blatant

(adj.) noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense

• feckless

• forlorn

• facetious

• blatant

to be of the same opinion; to agree with

• concur

• blatant

• alleviate

• forlorn

(adj.) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable

• concur

• sporadic

• feckless

• blatant

(adj.) humorous, not meant seriously

• feckless

• facetious

• forlorn

• concur