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Vocab unit2
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ameliorate | to improve or make better |
| Aplomb | poise , great self confidence |
| Bombastic | overblown in language;full of high-sounding words |
| Callow | w.o experience ; immature |
| Drivel | nonsence |
| Epitome | a summary |
| 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 , to make others like you |
| Interloper | one who moves in where he/she isn't wanted(intruder) |
| Intrinsic | belonging to someone or something by its very nature (inherent) |
| Inveigh | to make a violent attack in words , express strong disapproval |
| Lassitude | wearing of body or mind, lack of energy |
| Millennium | a period of one thousand years;a period of great joy |
| Occult | mysterious, magical , supernatural; secret,to hide(conceal) |
| Permeate | to spread through,penetrate, soak through |
| Precipitate | to fall as moisture;to cause or bring about suddenly |
| Stringent | strict,severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling ; sharp or bitter to taste |
| Surmise | to think or believe w.o certain supporting evidence (to guess) |