Week 3 Vocabulary

to respond critically or sarcastically

• retort

• sporadic

• concur

• forlorn

(adj.) humorous, not meant seriously

• feckless

• facetious

• retort

• blatant

not based on fact or investigation

• blatant

• speculative

• archaic

• alleviate

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

• blatant

• sporadic

• forlorn

• feckless

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

• speculative

• concur

• facetious

• sporadic

to be of the same opinion; to agree with

• archaic

• concur

• feckless

• forlorn

to relieve, make more bearable

• sporadic

• alleviate

• retort

• facetious

obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense

• blatant

• forlorn

• speculative

• facetious

pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

• alleviate

• concur

• forlorn

• archaic

antiquated, old, out of use

• archaic

• sporadic

• feckless

• forlorn