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Vocabulary 3-English
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aplomb | poise, assurance, great self-confidence,perpendicularity. |
| bombastic | pmpous or overblown in language, full of higgh sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas. |
| callow | without experience, immature, not fully developed: lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers, |
| drivel | saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nos; foolish; aimless talk or thinking; onsense, waste or fritter away. |
| epitome | a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a large reality. |
| exhort | to urge strongly, advise earnestly. |
| ex-officio | by virtue of holding a certain office. |
| infringe | to violate,trespass, go beyond recognized boundaries |
| ingratiate | to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others. |
| interloper | one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder. |
| intrinsic | belonging to someone or something by its very nature,essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part. |
| inveigh | to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
| lassitude | weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
| millennium | a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy. |
| occult | mysterious,magical,supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means, to hide, conceal;matters involving supernatural. |
| permeate | to spread through,penetrate,soak |
| precipitate | to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; characterized by excessive hasted |
| stringent | strict,severe;rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste. |
| surmise | to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof. |