📣📣Vocabulary lesson📣📣 Based on the book "1100 Words You Need To Know❗️ " 🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃 🔅Lesson 13🔅 Mullins a K.O. Victim When the bell sounded, K.O. Mullins responded with alacrity. He sprang from his stool and charged across the ring, showing…📣📣Vocabulary lesson📣📣Based on the book "1100 Words You Need To Know ❗" 🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🔅Lesson 14🔅 Mullins Throws Down the GauntletThe pugnacious K.O. Mullins demanded a rematch. He took a full-page newspaper advertisement to promulgate his challenge. When the champ's manager saw the brash announcement, he accosted Mullins, who was surrounded by a throng of newsmen. The manager openly scoffed at Mullins and belittled his fighting ability. Mullins then lost his temper and fearlessly punched the manager, knocking him from his wheelchair.@AdvancedEng🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃🍃New Words :🔴 pugnacious (adj):  /pʌɡˈneɪʃəs/very eager to argue or fight with people🔺The professor had been pugnacious and irritable🔺 He had a walking stick and his whole manner was so pugnacious and focused.〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰🔴 promulgate (v):  /ˈprɒməlɡeɪt $ ˈprɑː-/to spread an idea or belief to as many people as possible- make known, broadcast, circulate, communicate, disseminate, make public, proclaim, promote, publish, spread🔺Once the idea was promulgated, it was accepted as fact🔺 They are indeed good opinions, and they must be promulgated by the education group if it is to have any credibility@AdvancedEng〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🔴 brash (adj): /bræʃ/behaving too confidently and speaking too loudly – used to show disapproval🔺 Some teenagers are rude, brash and nasty; some are not.🔺 Carl was now fully enraged with the audacity of the brash detective.〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰🔴 scoff (v): /skɒf/ to laugh at a person or idea, and talk about them in a way that shows you think they are stupid🔺 The critics scoff, but we find this to be a clue. 🔺 When I asked a friend if he thought he was able to still be friends with the love of his life because of that very fact, he scoffed at me.〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🔴 belittle (v): /bɪˈlɪtl/to make someone or something seem small or unimportant🔺 Worse, mom constantly ridiculed Betty, belittling her long nose and unkempt manner of dress.🔺 She constantly criticizes and belittles the husband in screaming tones.#vocab_lesson_14@AdvancedEng