Vocabulary Drill

December 25: Christmas

adept · skilled

adhered · stuck to

adorned · decorated

chastise · criticize, rebuke

conceited · proud

consanguinity · kinship

dearth · lack

deign · lower oneself

dispassionate · indifferent

duplicitous · dishonest

effeminate · feminine

elegant · refined

gaudiest · flashiest

glum · sad

illuminated · lighted

instills · imparts

intimated · hinted

intricate · complex

largess · generosity

lauded · praised

odious · horrible

ornately · elaborately

renowned · well-known

utility · usefulness