Vocabulary Drill

September 5: Read-a-Book Day

abstraction · formless concept

absurdity · ridiculousness

apathetic · uninterested

assessment · evaluation

banter · chit-chat

capitulated · surrendered

complemented · matched

delectable · tasty

ecstatic · overjoyed

emaciated · very thin

embellished · decorated

feigning · faking

forlorn · sad or dejected

forte · strong point

gamut · spectrum

goading · prodding

immutable · unchangeable

indolent · lazy

inexplicable · unexplainable

inhibit · restrain

innocuous · harmless

maudlin · sappy

obese · very overweight

obstinate · stubborn

pompous · pretentious, self-important

protocol · procedure

provincial · unsophisticated

ritual · tradition

tedious · dull or tiresome

tenaciously · stubbornly

transfixed · spellbound

unkempt · untidy

vapidity · lifelessness

vexing · troubling

vicariously · experience secondhand