1. Pugnacious, adjective:
eager to fight or argue; verbally combative
The comedian told one flat
joke after another, and when the audience started booing, he pugnaciously spat
back at them.
2. Spendthrift, noun: one
who spends money extravagantly
Taking weekly trips to
Vegas, Meggie was a spendthrift whose excesses eventually caught up to her.
3. Archaic, adjective: so
old as to appear to belong to a different period
Hoping to sound
intelligent, Megan spoke in archaic English that was right out of Jane Austen’s
pride and Prejudice-needless to say, she didn't have many friends.
4. Proponent, noun: a
person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
Ironically, the leading
proponent of Flat-Earth Theory flies all over the world in an effort to win
more adherents.
5. Lethargic, adjective:
lacking energy
Nothing can make a person more lethargic than a
big turkey dinner.
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