1. Week 1 Vocabulary Abbreviate: shorten, abridge
Abstinence: act of refraining from
Adulation: high praise
Adversity: misfortune
Aberration: a state or condition markedly different from the norm (bonus word)

2. 21 August 2018: Vocabulary Week 2
FRUGAL: thrifty
HACKNEYED: overused, cliched
HAUGHTY: arrogant, condescending
HEDONIST: pleasure seeker
ACCOST: approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently (bonus word)

3. Definitions: Week 3 Vocabulary
Orator: speaker
Ostentations: displaying wealth
Parched: dried up
Perfidious: disloyal; not able to be trusted
Adumbrate: describe roughly or give the main points or summary of (Bonus Word)