Unit 2 Vocab Definitions
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 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 |
| drivel | to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly |
| 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 | toofficers violate. trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
| ingratiate | to make oneself agreeable and this 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 | belomging 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 or mind, lack of energy |
| millennium | a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy |
| occult | secret, every, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means |
| occult | to hide, cover up; eclipse |
| occult | matters involving the supernatural |
| permeate | to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
| precipitate | to fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height |
| percipitate | characterized by excessive haste |
| perticipate | moisture; the product of an action or process |
| stringent | strict, sever; 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 |
| surmise | likely idea that lacks definite proof |
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