Vocabulary Drill
Chapter Two
abrasive · grouchy or irritating
abscond · run away
acclaim · praise
acquiescent · passive or unresisting
adamant · stubborn
affinity · liking
alias · false name
allayed · put to rest
aloof · distant or cold
amenable · agreeable
antiseptic · sterile or bland
aplomb · self-confidence or ease
audacious · bold or daring
bustled · hurried
clarified · explained or made clear
commencement · start or beginning
compliment · praise or flattery
convivial · warm or friendly
crude · vulgar or offensive
cunning · slyness or sneakiness
curtailing · holding back
dearth · shortage or lack
decorously · properly or decently
depicted · showed
deterred · discouraged
devotee · fan or enthusiast
dispatch · send out
disrupted · interrupted or disturbed
domineering · dominant
dubious · doubtfully
dumbfounded · astonished or speechless
dunce · fool or idiot
efficacious · effective or successful
emissary · representative or agent
encumbered · burdened
engender · produce
enmity · hostility or ill will
enumerating · listing or naming
eschewing · avoiding
evinced · displayed
exemplify · serve as an example of
extension · product or outgrowth
fallacious · incorrect
feeble · weak
felicitous · fortunate
fervent · hot-blooded
fickle · unpredictable or unreliable
finesse · grace or flair
flourish · showy gesture
forlorn · sad or unhappy
forsake · abandon
frenetically · wildly or frantically
furtive · sly or sneaky
genial · friendly
hallowed · sacred or respected
harangue · lecture or criticism
haughty · proud or conceited
heredity · inherited traits
hone · sharpen
imperious · bossy or commanding
indigent · poor or needy
inept · clumsy or unskilled
jubilant · joyful
maverick · rebel
medley · jumble or mix
muted · muffled or quieted
pallid · pale
paradigm · example or model
passionate · hot-blooded or fervent
peer · colleague or equal
penitent · apologetic
persistent · constant
pertinacious · constant
precipitate · reckless or hasty
preen · swell with pride
prescient · prophetic
pressed · questioned persistently
presumptuous · conceited or presuming
prime · major or foremost
propensity · tendency
provoked · irritated or aggravated
regurgitate · repeat
reluctantly · unwillingly
replete · filled or full
reproving · disapproving
requisite · required or necessary
resolute · firm or steadfast
resolution · determination or firmness
rigid · firm or stiff
sardonic · mocking or scornful
scoffed · jeered or laughed at
shiftlessness · laziness
stance · position or viewpoint
sullen · gloomy or morose
tirade · outburst
trepidation · fear or nervousness
undermined · damaged
