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Unit 2, Level F
Vocab
Term | Definition |
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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; (v.) to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly |
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 | (v.) To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
Ingratiate | (v.) To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used is a critical or derogatory sense) |
Interloper | (n.) One who moves 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 |
Lassitude | (n.) Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
Millennium | (n.) A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy |
Occult | (adj.) Secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny; (v.) to hide, cover up; eclipse; (n.) matters involving the supernatural |
Permeate | (v.) To spread through, penetrate, soak through |
Precipitate | (v.) To fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; (adj.) Characterized by excessive haste; (n.) moisture; the product of an action or process |
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; (n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof |