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English III
Vocab Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ameliorate | (v)improve |
| aplomb | (n) poise; insurance; self confidence |
| bombastic | (adj) using big words to hid ignorance |
| Callow | (adj) without experience |
| Drivel | (n) saliva, endless talk; (v) utter-nonsense |
| epitome | (n) summary; represents a larger reality |
| exhort | (v) to advise |
| ex officio | (adj) or (adv) holding a certain office |
| infringe | (v) to violate |
| ingratiate | (v) to make oneself agreeable |
| interloper | (n) intruder |
| intrinsic | (adj) belonging to someone/something |
| inveigh | (v) to make a violent attack in words |
| lassitude | (n) lack of an energy (body/mind) |
| millennium | (n) 1,000 years; great joy |
| occult | (adj) mysterious (v) to hide (n) supernatural |
| permeate | (v) to fall (adj) excessive haste (n) to trickle down as moisture |
| stringent | (adj) strict; sharp bitter taste |
| surmise | (v) to think or believe w/out evidence to guess |