Aspirant
Candidate, striver, applicant
Belligerent
Seeking war, hostile
Belittle
To speak of as unimportant
Brash
Insolent, impudent
Castigate
To punish, chastise
Disdain
Contempt, scorn
Dregs
Most worthless part
Feint
False attack, pretense, sham
Frenzy
Frantic outburst, wild fit
Intimidate
To make afraid, to overawe
Laceration
Rough cut, jagged wound
Octogenarian
Person in his or her eighties
Promulgate
To make public, proclaim
Pugnacious
Combative, quarrelsome
Alacrity
Quick willingness, briskness, lively action
Scoff
To mock, to sneer at
Scurrilous
Vulgar, coarse, using indecent language
Solace
Comfort, easing of grief
Sordid
Filthy, ignoble, dirty, base
Tangible
Able to be touched, having actual form