Unit 2 Vocab
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| 301792025 | ameliorate | (v.) to improve or make better | |
| 301792026 | aplomb | (n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence | |
| 301792027 | bombastic | (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas | |
| 301792028 | callow | (adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers | |
| 301792029 | drivel | (n.) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense (v.) to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly | |
| 301792030 | epitome | (n.) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality | |
| 301792031 | exhort | (v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly | |
| 301792032 | ex officio | (adj., adv.) by virtue of holding a certain office | |
| 301792033 | infringe | (v.) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds | |
| 301792034 | ingratiate | (v.) to cozy up to, curry favor with | |
| 301792035 | interloper | (n.) one who moves in where he or she in not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder | |
| 301792036 | intrinsic | (adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part | |
| 301792037 | inveigh | (v.) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval | |
| 301792038 | lassitude | (n.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy | |
| 301792039 | millenium | (n.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy | |
| 301792040 | occult | (adj.) mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (n.) matters involving the supernatural | |
| 301792041 | permeate | (v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak through | |
| 301792042 | 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 | |
| 301792043 | stringent | (adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste | |
| 301792044 | surmise | (v.) to guess, to think, infer (n.) inference |