Vocabulary Drill

Chapter Eleven

assailed · attacked

assertions · claims

audibly · so to be heard

auspicious · promising

awe · wonder

brandishing · holding aggresively

calumny · slander

careened · lurched

catalyst · trigger

collaborator · partner

concordant · in agreement

confrontational · provoking

conserve · save

contagious · infectious

contaminating · ruining

contusion · bruise

crafty · shrewd

crass · crude

crested · reached the top

cue · signal

dated · out-of-date

defected · left

defiant · disobedient

derided · ridiculed

derisively · contemptuously

din · racket

dingy · grimy

disband · break up

disclosed · revealed

discourteous · rude

distinct · separate

distracted · diverted

divisive · disruptive

dominant · strongest

elusive · hard to catch

embroiled · involved

epithets · disparaging words

erasure · removal

ethos · guiding beliefs

evenhanded · fair

extant · still in existence

exultant · jubilant

finite · limited

flourish · showiness

forging · moved slowly and steadily

fraud · fake

fray · fight

gargantuan · gigantic

glowered · stared sullenly

grudgingly · reluctantly

implausible · unbelievable

indebted · thankful

inflammatory · inciting

nauseated · sickened

parched · dehydrated

pummel · pound

regurgitate · repeat

sanctimonious · self-righteous

specter · image