Vocabulary Drill

Chapter One

abdicate · step down from

abounded · prevailed

abruptly · suddenly

accolades · praise

adulation · flattery

affluent · rich

assent · agreement

assuaged · calmed

beneficial · helpful

bereft · lacking

bilked · cheated

cacophony · din

calamity · disaster

camaraderie · friendship

captivated · enthralled

circumvent · go around

coalesce · meld together

conclusion · end

deathly · deeply

dominate · prevail

hierarchy · ranking

hulking · massive

humble · unpretentious

humor · indulge

impending · close at hand

indignation · anger caused by injustice

indisputably · unquestionably

jeered · heckled

magnanimous · generous

massive · huge

noisome · troublesome

optimism · hope

ostentatious · showy

paragon · standard

penchant · fondness

penultimate · second-to-last

perfidious · treacherous

preclude · make impossible

quaint · charming

riveted · fixed

ruse · trick

scoffed · exhaled with contempt

throng · crowd

truncated · cut off