Vocabulary Drill

October 27: Mother-in-Law’s Day

allotted · prearranged

catalog · directory

combative · argumentative

concise · brief

coquettish · flirtatious

curtly · tersely

cynical · scornful

decipher · decode

demeanor · manner

environs · surroundings

erroneously · wrongly

extraneous · unneeded

fraught · filled

guise · excuse

hypothetically · theoretically

idolatry · worship

ignominiously · shamefully

immaterial · unimportant

immerse · plunge

incredible · extraordinary

interrogation · questioning

morass · tangle

mortal · human

noxious · toxic

ogling · eyeing

opportune · timely

ostracize · exile

paragon · ideal

pariah · outsider

pathos · pity

preoccupied · lost in thought

realm · territory

reciprocating · returning

recoil · withdraw

sultriest · steamiest

superfluous · unnecessary

usurped · seized

verdant · green

vitriol · rage

wary · cautious