1. Vocabulary List #9
English IV

2. 1. blatant
(adjective)
Obvious and overt; unpleasantly loud

3. 2. bludgeon To hit with a heavy club-like object A heavy club (verb)
(noun)
A heavy club

4. 3. bravado
(noun)
A show of courage; swagger

5. 4. buffoon
(noun)
A clown; someone who acts ridiculous

6. 5. ghastly
(adjective)
Terrifying; dreadful; horrible to look at

7. 6. gibe
(noun)
A derisive remark; a jeer

8. 7. glutton
(noun)
One who eats and drinks to excess

9. 8. paucity
(noun)
In short supply; scarcity of ideas or objects

10. 9. peerless
(adjective)
Without equal

11. 10. perceptive To be able to see or understand what is not obvious
(adjective)
To be able to see or understand what is not obvious

12. 11. sporadic
(adjective)
Having no pattern or order

13. 12. squalid
(adjective)
Sordid or miserable; very poor and run down

14. 13. stoic
(adjective)
To be indifferent to pain, pleasure, or grief

15. 14. stupor
(noun)
In a daze; apathetic or mentally dull

16. 15. stymie
(verb)
To stop or block; to hinder