Unit 2 Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ameliorate | v. to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
| aplomb | n. poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity |
| bombastic | adj. pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
| callow | adj. without feathers; without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise |
| drivel | n. saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; v. to let saliva flow from mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly |
| epitome | n. a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
| exhort | v. to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
| ex officio | adj. adv. by virtue of holding a certain office |
| infringe | v. to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
| ingratiate | v. to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favorable acceptance by others (sometimes used in critical or derogatory sense) |
| interloper | n. an intruder, one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be |
| intrinsic | adj. belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part; good for its own sake |
| inveigh | v. to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
| 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 |
| occult | adj. mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means v. to hide, conceal; eclipse n. matters involving the supernatural |
| permeate | v. to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
| 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 |
| stringent | adj. strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste |
| 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 |
| lassitude | fatigue, lethargy, torpor, langour |
| surmise | an inference, presumptions; to infer, gather |
| precipitate | reckless, impetuous; to provoke, produce |
| stringent | stern, rigorous, tough; urgent, imperative |
| millennium | a chiliad; a "golden age" |
| exhort | to urge, entreat, implore, adjure |
| occult | supernatural; esoteric, abtruse; concealed |
| callow | immature, inexperienced, green, raw |
| permeate | to pervade, suffuse, saturate |
| inveigh | to rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate |
| infringe | to encroach, impinge, intrude, poach |
| drivel | twaddle, tommyrot, balderdash, hogwash; slaver |
| bombastic | inflated, pompous, highfalutin, high-flown |
| interloper | an intruder, meddler, buttinsky |
| epitome | an abstract, digest; a model, archetype |
| ex officio | by virtue of one's job |
| ingratiate | to cozy up to, curry favor with |
| ameliorate | to better, improve, amend |
| intrinsic | essential, inherent, immanent, organic |
| aplomb | poise, assurance, confidence, composure |
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