Vocabulary Drill

November 25: Thanksgiving

abstemious · self-denying

anecdote · story

cataclysmic · disastrous

censuring · criticizing

defamatory · destroying a reputation

dilapidated · run down

dubious · doubtful

enmity · hostility

fabricated · fictional

flaunt · show off

heretofore · until now

iconoclastic · radical

indecorous · impolite

knell · chime

lackadaisical · lazy

lout · thug

materialized · appeared

nonconformist · rebel

obliquely · indirectly

paltry · limited

peons · little folks

potables · drinks

premises · grounds

protracted · extended

raconteur · story teller

rationalization · reason

rebutted · argued back

rescind · take back

salutations · greetings

ubiquitous · everywhere

unwarranted · unnecessary

yoked · bound