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SO - Level F, Unit 2
Question | Answer |
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ameliorate | v. to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
aplomb | n. poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity |
bombastic | adj. pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
callow | adj. without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers |
drivel | n. saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense |
epitome | n. a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
exhort | v. to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
ex officio | adj., adv. By virtue of holding a certain office |
infringe | f. to violate trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
ingratiate | v. to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense) |
interloper | n. one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
intrinsic | adj. belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part |
inveigh | v. to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
millennium | n. a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy |
occult | adj. mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means |
permeate | v. to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
precipitate | v. to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to |
stringent | adj. strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste |
surmise | v. to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess |
lassitude | n. weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |