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Vocabulary Drill
Chapter 8
abated · subsided
assail · attack violently
assault · attack
beatific · looking completely happy
bliss · complete happiness
boisterous · rowdy or in high spirits
bombarded · attacked
buffet · meal on a table
carousing · drunkenly celebrating
cavorted · pranced
chaos · complete confusion
chorus · group of voices
circumference · the edge of a circle
comely · attractive
commotion · disturbance
confounded · confused
copious · plentiful
corpulent · fat
damsel · young girl
debauchery · corruption
dematerialized · disappeared
despondent · gloomy
dingy · dirty or shabby
discarded · thrown away
disentangled · unraveled
divulge · reveal
encompassed · surrounded
equanimity · calm
extricated · removed
exulted · rejoiced
fissure · crack
gild · paint with gold
gluttony · greed or overeating
gourmand · person who enjoys food
gully · small valley or gulch
heedless · thoughtless or unconcerned
incisively · directly and decisively
ingress · entrance
interlopers · intruders
intoned · said in singing tone
languidly · weakly
latent · potential
lavish · extravagant or rich
lei · Hawaiian floral necklace
livelihood · means of support
lucidly · clearly
oblivious · unaware
ornate · overdecorated
ostentatious · showy, pretentious
palpitating · beating fast
penetrating · piercing
perimeter · edge
placidly · calmly
propagating · reproducing
pummeled · pounded
reeked · stank
refracting · bending like light rays
relishing · enjoying
repose · rest
reverberated · echoed
salutation · greeting
satchel · small bag
seep · ooze
servile · slavelike
shimmered · softly sparkled
strident · loud and harsh
susceptible · impressionable or vulnerable
tortured · anguished
tranquil · peaceful
undulated · moved like a wave
verdant · green
viands · food
vulnerability · capable of being hurt
wafting · floating on air
wake · track left behind
wanton · mischievous or lustful
wharf · where ships discharge passengers and cargo
wistfully · sadly and with longing
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