2 Vocab Flashcards
To imprve, make better, correct a flaw or short coming
Syn: Amend, better
Ant: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate
Ameliorate
Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
Syn: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness
Ant: Confusion, embarrassment, abashment
aplomb
Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
Syn: inflated, highfalutin, pretentious
Ant: unadorned, simple, plain, austere
bombasic
without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
Syn: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
Ant: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated
Callow
saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense
Syn: balderdash, tommyrot
Drivel (noun)
To let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly
Syn: Slaver
Drivel (verb)
A summary; condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
Syn: Abstract, digest, archetype
Epitome
To urge strongly, advise earnestly
Syn: entreat, implore, adjure
Ant: discourage, advise against, depreciate
Exhort
by virtue of holding a certain office
ex officio
to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bonds
Syn: encroach, impinge, intrude
Ant: stay in bounds, comply
Infringe
to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by other (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
Syn: cozy up to, curry favor with
Ant: humiliate oneself
Ingratiate
One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder
Syn: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky
interloper
belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
Syn: immanent, organic
Ant: extrinsic, external, outward
intrinsic
to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
Syn: harangue, remonstrate
Ant: acclaim, glorify, extol
inveigh
Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
Syn: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor
Ant: energy, vitality, animation, liveliness
Lassitude
a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy
Syn: chiliad, golden age
Ant: doomsday
millennium
secret, idden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, ucanny
Syn: esoteric, abtruse, arcane
Ant: mundane, common, public, exoteric
Occult (Adj)
Matters involving the supernatural
Occult (noun)
to spread through, penetrate, soak through
permeate
to fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to
Syn: Provoke, produce
precipitate (verb)
characterized by excessive haste
Syn: reckless, impetuous
Ant: wary, circumspect
precipitate (adj)
moisture; the product of an action or process
Precipitate (noun)
strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
Syn: Stern, rigorous, tough, urgent
Ant: lenient, mild, lax, permissive
stringent
to think or believe without vertain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess
Syn: infer, gather
Surmise (verb)
