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Vocab 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 talking 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 in a critical or derogatory sense) |