Vocabulary Drill

Chapter Four

abased · lowered in esteem

abide · endure

abort · stop before finished

accede · give in

accentuated · intensified

adamantly · strongly

adorned · decorated

aggrieved · upset

arbor · plant-covered latticework

belittle · iminish in stature

callous · hard-hearted

chastising · scolding, condemning

commandeered · took over

concoct · create

confluence · gathering

consigned · gave

deter · keep from doing

diffident · shy

effaced · made vanish

empathy · caring

enamored · infatuated

entails · involves

enthralled · captivated

extraneous · excess, unneeded

fashionably · stylishly

fatuous · foolish

flagrant · egregious

fractious · quarrelsome

furtive · secret

garish · gaudy

garrulous · chatty

genial · friendly

hallowed · sacred

hegemony · authority

impassive · expressionless

imperative · vital

impudence · bold cockiness

incessantly · nonstop

inevitable · certain

infraction · violation

inimical · hostile

interjected · interrupted

interloper · intruder

invective · insulting speech

larceny · theft

luminescent · as if giving off light

malevolent · evil

novice · beginner

obstreperous · noisy

palliated · soothed

patent · obvious

perfunctory · cursory

pernicious · harmfull

pillaged · plundered

platitudes · boring remark

predilection · preference

prescribe · dictate

profane · obscene

pummel · pound

punctilious · conscientious

quizzically · curiously

rebuffing · rejecting

reciprocation · equal exchange

reiterated · said again

relishing · thoroughly enjoying

remiss · negligent

repulsed · repelled

ruminating · pondering

sacred · holy

sanguine · heerful

scintillating · dazzling

scurry · scamper

somnolent · sleepy

staid · serious

succinctly · sharply

translucent · see-through

verbose · talkative

vicissitude · change of events

wallowed · remained helpless