Vocabulary Drill

Chapter Fourteen

attribute · characteristic

corpulent · fat

demise · death

generalize · make assumptions

imminent · nearly at hand

latent · dormant

legion · multitude

liberated · freed

lull · slow period

mechanism · machinery

miffed · annoyed

mirage · illusion

momentous · important

novelty · something new

nurtured · cared for

obstacles · barriers

orderly · tidy

outcast · pariah

overpowering · overwhelming

paranoid · suspiciously fearful

perception · understanding

periodically · occasionally

predominant · prevailing

proclaiming · announcing

proliferated · increased rapidly, multiplied

prominent · well-known

promulgating · proclaiming

proponent · advocate

prosperity · economic well-being

pursuit · job

queried · questioned

radical · extreme

rebuffed · snub

recall · remember

reckless · irresponsible

relapse · backslide

reluctant · hesitant

remorse · regret

remuneration · pay

repress · hold back

retain · keep

salvage · save

scoff · express scorn

scorn · distain

sociable · friendly

solitary · alone

squander · waste

squelched · stifled

subsisted · persisted

sullied · tarnished

suspended · stop temporarily

tangible · real

therapeutic · medicinal

tolerate · endure

travesty · joke, mockery

truncate · to shorten

tyro · beginner