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English X Chapter 2
Vocabulary Workshop Chapter Two
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ameliorate | To improve, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
| Aplomb | Poise, assurance, great self confidence |
| Bombastic | Pompous or overblown in language, highfalutin |
| Callow | Without experience, immature |
| Drivel | Foolish, aimless talk or thinking |
| Epitome | An instance that represents a larger reality |
| Exhort | To urge strongly, advise earnestly |
| Ex officio | By virtue of holding a certain office |
| Infringe | To violate, trespass |
| Ingratiate | Curry favor with |
| Interloper | Trespasser, meddler |
| Intrinsic | Belonging to someone or something by it's very nature, essential |
| Inveigh | To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
| Lassitude | Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
| Millennium | Period of 1000 years |
| Occult | Mysterious, magical, supernatural |
| Permeate | To spread through, penetrate |
| Precipitate | To cause or bring about suddenly |
| Stringent | Strict, severe, imperative |
| Surmise | To think or believe without certain supporting evidence, conjecture or guess |