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Unit 2, Level F
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ameliorate | To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
| Aplomb | Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity |
| Bombastic | Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-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 nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense |
| Epitome | A summary, condensed account; 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, go beyond recognized bounds |
| Ingratiate | To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense) |
| 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 of mind, lack of energy |
| Millennium | A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy |
| Occult | Secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny |
| Permeate | To spread through, penetrate, soak through |
| Precipitate | To fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to |
| 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 |