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Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ameliorate | v. to improve make better, 2 |
| aplomb | n. poise, assurance, 2 |
| bombastic | adj. full of high sounding words to cover up lack of ideals, 2 |
| callow | adj. without experience, immature, 1 |
| drivel | n. saliva flowing, aimless, 1 v. to let saliva flow from the mouth, 1 |
| epitome | n. a summary, 2 |
| exhort | v. to urge strongly, 2 |
| ex officio | adj. adv. by virtue of holding certain offive, 3 |
| infringe | v. to violate, tresspass, 2 |
| ingratiate | v. to make onself agreeable to gain acceptance, 2 |
| interloper | n. one who moved in where they are not wanted, 1 |
| intrinsic | adj. belonging to someone or something by nature, inheritance, 2 |
| inveigh | v. to make a violent attack in words, 2 |
| lassitude | n.lacking energy, 1 |
| millennium | n. period of 1,000 years, 2 |
| occult | adj. mysterious, magical, supernatural, 2 v. to hide, 2 n. matters involving the supernatural, 2 |
| permeate | v.to go through, 1 |
| precipitate | v.to fall as moisture, 3 n. moisture, 3 adj. excessive haste, 3 |
| stringent | adj. strict, severe, 1 |
| surmise | v. to think or believe without evidence, 2 |