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English Vocab
Unit II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ameliorate | amend; improve |
| aplomb | poise; confidence |
| bombastic | overblown in language |
| callow | immature; without experience |
| drivel | nonsense |
| epitome | ideal; model |
| exhort | urge |
| ex officio | by virtue of holding a certain office |
| infringe | trespass; intrude |
| ingratiate | cozy up; kiss up |
| interloper | intruder; trespasser; unwanted |
| intrinsic | inherent |
| inveigh | to make a violent attack in words |
| lassitude | lazy; fatigue |
| millennium | period of one thousand years |
| occult | magical; supernatural |
| permeate | spread through |
| precipitate | moisture |
| stringent | strict; severe |
| surmise | guess; infer |