Vocabulary Workshop C/13-15

able to adapt

• attend

• speak

• compete

• adjust

stories that dovetail

• astonish

• mesh

• amuse

• instruct

a band of mercenaries

• hired soldiers

• tourists

• athletes

• natives

a collection of parables

• toys

• stamps

• paintings

• stories

a statue in the niche

• gallery

• recess

• garden

• plaza

plundered the palace

• destroyed

• looted

• decorated

• restored

garnish the dish

• break

• prepare

• purchase

• decorate

loitered in the hallway

• hung around

• walked through

• met at

• arrived at

the dregs in the teacup

• cream

• grounds

• liquid

• coffee

Synonym: falter

• modify

• hesitate

• decorate

• accuse