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Vocab Workshop Unit2
Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ameliorate | to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
| ameliorate syn: | amend, better |
| aplomb | poise, assurance, great self-confidence, perpendicularity |
| aplomb | composure, self-possession, levelheadedness |
| bombastic | pompous or overblown in language, full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
| bombastic syn: | inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious |
| callow | without experience, immature, not fully developed, lacking sophistication and poice, without feathers |
| callow syn: | green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced |
| drivel | saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth/nose, foolish, aimless talk or thinking, nonsense |
| drivel syn: | balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot, slaver |
| epitome | a summary, condensed account, an instance that represents a larger reality |
| epitome syn: | abstract, digest, model, archetype |
| exhort | to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
| exhort syn: | entreat, implore, adjure |
| ex officio | by virtue of holding a certain office |
| infringe | to violate,trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
| infringe syn: | encroach, impinge, intrude, poach |
| ingratiate | to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others |
| ingratiate syn: | cozy yp to, curry favor with |
| interloper | one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
| interloper syn: | trespasser, meddler, buttinsky |
| intrinsic | belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent, originating in a bodily organ or part |
| intrinsic syn: | immanent, organic |
| inveigh | to make a violent attack in words, express stong disapproval |
| inveigh syn: | rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate |