Vocabulary Drill

Chapter Seven

aberration · abnormality

aimlessly · without destination

anomalies · irregularities

attribute · designate

buffoonery · clowning

convivial · friendly

detriment · something harmful

discerning · shrewd

dissolve · break up

dubious · questioning

engender · start

heinous · monstrous

hodgepodge · jumble

hypocrisy · two-facedness

illuminated · lit up

immaculately · spotlessly

immutable · unchangeable

imperceptible · barely noticeable

impotence · helplessness

impugning · verbally attacking

inarticulate · speechless

inauspicious · unimpressive

incompetent · useless

inconsequential · irrelevant

inconspicuous · hard to notice

indecorous · rude

indiscretion · mistake

indomitable · unconquerable

ineffably · unspeakably

inexorable · relentless

infiltration · penetration

insidious · sinister

integrate · combine

invested · put in

ire · anger

irrational · foolish

jesting · joking

justify · rationalize

machination · plot

meager · small

mediating · reconciling

merriment · fun

meticulously · carefully

miffed · annoyed

misconception · delusion

momentary · brief

mystified · bewildered

notions · ideas

objective · goal

opportune · appropriate

optimistic · hopeful

overshadowed · dwarfed

pariah · outcast

pathetic · feeble

peers · companions

penitent · regretful

precedent · standard

precipitate · sudden

predetermined · arranged

procuring · obtaining

prodigy · phenomenon

prominence · distinction

propelled · pushed

prosaic · dull

prudent · careful

rambled · talk wanderingly

reaping · gathering

recall · remember

refurbished · renovated

registered · displayed

remorseful · regretful

remote · distant

rend · tear

rendered · made

repel · keep away

repress · hold back

reprieve · pardon

restore · reestablish

salvaging · saving

scorn · contempt

statute · rule

unrelenting · unceasing

vengefulness · bitterness