Vocabulary

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A Christmas MemoryBy Truman Capote

• Vocabulary

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A Christmas Memory Vocabulary

• Inaugurate
• To make a formal beginning of
• Nelson Mandela gave his first speech as the
  President of South Africa during his inauguration
  ceremony.
• Exhilarate
• To make merry or lively
• I felt exhilarated seeing my friends for the
  first time after summer vacation.
• Squander
• To spend or use wastefully
• My wife squandered all of our money on jewlery!

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A Christmas Memory Vocabulary

• Conspiracy
• A joining or acting together in a secretive way,
  often with wrongful motives.
• There was a conspiracy to overthrow the horrible
  King.
• Prosaic
• Dull commonplace
• The movie was prosaic I spent the entire time
  texting my friends.
• Garish
• Too bright or gaudy
• Las Vegas, the city of lights and excitement is
  often too garish for my taste.

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A Christmas Memory Vocabulary

• Goad
• To urge
• Receiving an D on my last exam goads me to study
  harder.
• Noncommittal
• Not revealing ones opinion or purpose
• My kids ask and ask what they will get for
  Christmas, but I ignore them and they soon become
  frustrated by my noncommittal attitude.
• Cavort
• To leap or dance around
• When Ahly beat Zamalek, the entire crowd was
  cavorting through the streets, shouting wildly.
• Sever
• To cut off
• When my girlfriend dumped me for my best friend,
  I severed all communication with them.