Vocabulary Drill

December 1: AIDS Awareness Day

abated · died down

abysmal · terrible

affirmative · yes

aptitude · ability

averred · affirmed

dissonant · unmusical

exude · give off

fortuitously · luckily

gratitude · thankfulness

harrowing · distressing

honed · sharpened

incongruous · incompatible

iota · bit

iridescent · shimmering

lurch · pitch forward

luxuriant · lush

pacified · calmed

panorama · view

paroxysms · spasms

pinnacle · top

plateau · level

pretentious · pretending to be better than he is

robust · healthy

shrewdness · knowledge

sublime · splendid

succumbed · surrendered

taciturn · silent

transcendent · awe-inspiring

turgid · swollen