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Unit 2 Vocabularyy
Unit 2 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ex Officio | (adj., adv.) By virtue of holding a certain office |
| Infringe | (v.) To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
| Callow | (adj.) Without feathers; without experience, immature, not fully developed lacking sophistication and poise |
| Ameliorate | (v.) To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
| Bombastic | (adj.) Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
| Ingratiate | (v.) To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favorable acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense) |
| Epitome | (n.) A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
| Aplomb | (n.) Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularly |
| Exhort | (v.) To urge strongly, advise earnestly |
| Drivel | (n.) Saliva or mucus flowing the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talking or thinking; nonsense; (v.) To let saliva flow from mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle to waste or fritter away foolishly |
| Inveigh | (v.) To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
| Surmise | (v.) To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n.) An idea or thought that seems likely but lacks definite proof |
| Intrinsic | (adj.) Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherit; originating in a bodily organ or part; good for its own sake. |
| Occult | (adj.) Mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (v.) To hide, conceal; eclipse; (n.) Matters involving the supernatural |
| Precipitate | (v.) To fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; (adj.) Characterized by excessive haste; (n.) moisture; the product of an action or process |
| Lassitude | (n.) Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
| Millennium | (n.)A period of one thousand years, a period of great joy, prosperity, or peace |
| Permeate | (v.) To spread through, penetrate, soak through |
| Stringent | (adj.) Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste |
| Interloper | (n.) An intruder, one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be |
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