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VocabWShop - F
Vocab Workshop Level F Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amerliorate | verb - to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
| aplomb | noun - poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity |
| bombastic | adjective - pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
| callow | adjective - without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers |
| drivel | noun - saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk to thinking; nonsense; |
| drivel | verb - to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste of fritter away foolishly |
| epitome | noun - a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
| exhort | verb - to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
| ex officio | adj adv - by virtue of holding a cartain office |
| infringe | verb - to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
| ingratiate | verb - to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense) |
| interloper | noun - one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
| intrinsic | adjective - belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part |
| inveigh | verb - to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
| lassitude | noun - weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
| millennium | noun - a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy |
| occult | adjective - mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by oridnary means |
| occult | verb - to hide, conceal; eclipse |
| occult | noun - matters involving the supernatural |
| permeate | verb - to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
| precipitate | verb - to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to |
| precipitate | adjective - characterized by excessive haste |
| percipitate | noun - moisture; the product of an action or process |
| stringent | adjective - strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter the to taste |
| surmise | verb - to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess |
| surmise | noun - likely idea that lacks definite proof |
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