Vocabulary Drill

February 29: Leap Day

ambience · atmosphere

artisans · craftsmen

assemblage · group

besieged · overtaken

bulwark · wall

capricious · fickle

captivating · appealing

celerity · speed

charlatans · frauds

collective · group

convivial · sociable

cupidity · greed

dawdle · hang around

garish · gaudy

guise · disguise

impetus · incentive

implausible · unbelievable

influx · flood

ingratiating · flattering

inscrutable · unreadable

inveterate · habitual

lamenting · grieving

lilting · rhythmic

loitering · loafing

mesmerized · captivated

moribund · dying

notion · idea

obeisant · submissive

rendezvous · meeting

sabotage · damage

simultaneously · at the same time

urbane · elegant

vulnerable · open to attack