Vocabulary Drill

September 26: National Good Neighbor Day

akin · similar

altruism · self-sacrifice

atypical · out of character

blatant · obvious

coincidence · pure chance

conundrum · puzzle or riddle

deplorable · terrible

deranged · crazy

detest · strongly dislike

disdainfully · scornfully

dumbfounded · astonished

elusive · hard to pin down

empathy · compassion

enthralled · enchanted

exhorted · urged

exuberance · enthusiasm

frugal · thrifty

illiterate · uneducated

incentive · motivation

legerdemain · sleight of hand

machinations · schemes

magnanimously · generously

metamorphosing · changing

obscured · covered

optimism · cheerfulness

patronage · monetary support

pliable · bendable

proxy · substitution

quivering · trembling

railed · ranted

rapport · mutual understanding

revel · enjoy

reverberated · echoed

rife · filled

saccharine · overly sweet

serendipity · luck

succinct · brief

valid · truthful, accurate

vehemently · forcefully

wretched · miserable