Vocabulary Drill

November 17: World Peace Day

anthropologist · scientist of human development

anxiety · unease

banter · chit-chat

brusquely · abruptly

chortled · laughed

clout · power

concurred · agreed

edification · instruction

expeditious · swift

extenuating · outside influences

forego · give up

hubris · arrogance

inimitable · unique

insufferable · unbearable

integral · essential

intentions · goals

livid · furious

pedagogical · instructive

presumptuous · assuming

prognostication · prediction

quixotic · idealistic

rankled · irritated

reconnaissance · investigative

retort · angry reply

sardonically · sarcastically

solemnly · seriously

submissive · obedient

substantiate · validate

tidings · news