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bkhs 11/F unit 2
sadlier-oxford vocab workshop level f unit 2
Question | Answer |
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ameliorate | to improve, make better |
aplomb | poise, assurance, great self-confidence |
bombastic | pompous or overblown in language |
callow | without experience, immature |
drivel | saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish thinking |
epitome | a summary |
exhort | to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
ex officio | by virtue of holding a certain office |
infringe | to violate, trespass |
ingratiate | to make oneself agreeable to gain favor |
interloper | one who moves in where he/she is not wanted, an intruder |
intrinsic | belonging to someone by its very nature, essential |
inveigh | to make a violent attack in words |
lassitude | weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
millennium | a period of one thousand years |
occult | mysterious, magical, supernatural, secret |
permeate | to spread through, penetrate |
precipitate | to fall as moisture; excessive haste; moisture |
stringent | strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding; sharp or bitter to the taste |
surmise | to conjecture, or guess |