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EnglishIII Vocab 2BK
Lesson II Bishop Kearney
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming | Ameliorate |
| Pose, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity | Aplomb |
| Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a loack of ideas | Bombastic |
| Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers | Callow |
| Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly | Drivel |
| A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality | Epitome |
| To urge strongly, advise earnestly | Exhort |
| By virtue of holding a certain office | Ex Officio |
| To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds | Infringe |
| To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptence by others | Ingratiate |
| One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder | Interloper |
| Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherit; originating in a bodily organ or part | Intrisic |
| To make violent attack in words, express strong disapproval | Inveigh |
| Weariness of mind or body, lack of energy | Lassitude |
| A period of 1000 years, a period of great joy | Millenium |
| Mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; To hide, conceal; matters involving the supernatural | Occult |
| To spread through, penetrate, soak through | Permeate |
| To fall as moisture | Precipitate |
| Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste | Stringent |
| To think or believe without certain supporting evidence | Surmise |