Vocabulary Review C9

a haggard expression

• angry

• careworn

• happy

• comical

not one to stint

• hold back

• go on

• go out

• hold forth

denounced the turncoat

• thief

• impostor

• traitor

• stranger

a hostile stance

• attitude

• welcome

• remark

• act

pronounced her a prodigy

• failure

• marvel

• victim

• cheat

a personal attribute

• style

• touch

• matter

• quality

a haughty mien

• reply

• villain

• reputation

• manner

stoical in the face of defeat

• self-righteous

• self-controlled

• self-absorbed

• selfless

pertinent facts

• alarming

• irrelevant

• relevant

• reassuring

Parry the blow

• evade

• return

• anticipate

• deliver