2 Vocab

Question 1

To imprve, make better, correct a flaw or short coming
Syn: Amend, better
Ant: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate

Answer 1

Ameliorate

Question 2

Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
Syn: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness
Ant: Confusion, embarrassment, abashment

Answer 2

aplomb

Question 3

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

Answer 3

bombasic

Question 4

without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
Syn: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
Ant: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated

Answer 4

Callow

Question 5

saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense
Syn: balderdash, tommyrot

Answer 5

Drivel (noun)

Question 6

To let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly
Syn: Slaver

Answer 6

Drivel (verb)

Question 7

A summary; condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
Syn: Abstract, digest, archetype

Answer 7

Epitome

Question 8

To urge strongly, advise earnestly
Syn: entreat, implore, adjure
Ant: discourage, advise against, depreciate

Answer 8

Exhort

Question 9

by virtue of holding a certain office

Answer 9

ex officio

Question 10

to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bonds
Syn: encroach, impinge, intrude
Ant: stay in bounds, comply

Answer 10

Infringe

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Ingratiate

Question 12

One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder
Syn: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky

Answer 12

interloper

Question 13

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

Answer 13

intrinsic

Question 14

to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
Syn: harangue, remonstrate
Ant: acclaim, glorify, extol

Answer 14

inveigh

Question 15

Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
Syn: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor
Ant: energy, vitality, animation, liveliness

Answer 15

Lassitude

Question 16

a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy
Syn: chiliad, golden age
Ant: doomsday

Answer 16

millennium

Question 17

secret, idden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, ucanny
Syn: esoteric, abtruse, arcane
Ant: mundane, common, public, exoteric

Answer 17

Occult (Adj)

Question 18

Matters involving the supernatural

Answer 18

Occult (noun)

Question 19

to spread through, penetrate, soak through

Answer 19

permeate

Question 20

to fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to
Syn: Provoke, produce

Answer 20

precipitate (verb)

Question 21

characterized by excessive haste
Syn: reckless, impetuous
Ant: wary, circumspect

Answer 21

precipitate (adj)

Question 22

moisture; the product of an action or process

Answer 22

Precipitate (noun)

Question 23

strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
Syn: Stern, rigorous, tough, urgent
Ant: lenient, mild, lax, permissive

Answer 23

stringent

Question 24

to think or believe without vertain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess
Syn: infer, gather

Answer 24

Surmise (verb)

Question 25

likely idea that lacks define proof
Syn: inference, presmption

Answer 25

surmise (noun)