Vocabulary Drill

October 1: Chinese Moon Festival

abode · home

abridged · shortened

accost · approach

acquiesced · agreed

acumen · intelligence

allegiance · loyalty

amassing · collecting

aplomb · poise

arduous · difficult

assassinated · killed

bashfully · shyly

bated · restrained

beset · troubled, harassed

bolster · strengthen

bombastic · pompous

cascading · pouring

civility · politeness

clairvoyance · perceptiveness

compliment · flattering remark

concede · grant

conscience · moral sense

deluding · deceiving

desiccated · dried out

disarming · charming

disinterest · lack of concern

dismissive · haughty

egomaniac · self-centered person

ennui · boredom

extensively · in-depth

fecund · fertile

flecked · speckled

flippantly · disrespectfully

futile · pointless

genial · friendly

grace · honor

grossly · hugely

import · meaning

industrious · hard-working

infuriated · angered

interminable · endless

irate · angry

matriarch · ruling female

mellifluous · smooth-sounding

mock · fake

mundane · ordinary

myriad · numerous

otiose · useless

plaudits · applause

poised · composed

polemics · arguments

prattled · chatted

presumed · supposed

prowess · skill

punctual · on time

radiant · glowing

random · patternless

renouncing · rejecting

sinewy · lean

suppress · stifle

tantamount · equal

tardiness · lateness

unassumingly · modestly

vivacity · liveliness