HENG Unit 2 Vocabulary Test Flashcards
Ameliorate
(V.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming. Synonyms: amend, better. Antonyms: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate.
Aplomb
(N.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity. Synonyms: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness. Antonyms: confusion, embarrassment, abashment.
Bombastic
(Adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas. Synonyms: inflated, highfalutin, pretentious. Antonyms: unadorned, simple, plain, austere.
Callow
(Adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers. Synonyms: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced. Antonyms: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated.
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. Synonyms: (N.) balderdash, tommyrot; (V.) slaver.
Epitome
(N.) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality. Synonyms: abstract, digest, archetype.
Exhort
(V.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly. Synonyms: entreat, implore, adjure. Antonyms: discourage, advise against, deprecate.
Ex Officio
(Adj., Adv.) by virtue of holding a certain office.
Infringe
(V.) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds. Synonyms: encroach, impinge, intrude. Antonyms: stay in bounds, comply.
Ingratiate
(V.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense). Synonyms: cozy up to, curry favor with. Antonyms: humiliate oneself.
Interloper
(N.) one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder. Synonyms: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky.
Intrinsic
(Adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part. Synonyms: immanent, organic. Antonyms: extrinsic, external, outward.
Inveigh
(V.) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval. Synonyms: harangue, remonstrate. Antonyms: acclaim, glorify, extol.
Lassitude
(N.) weariness of the body or mind, lack of energy. Synonyms: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor. Antonyms: energy, vitality, animation, liveliness.
Millennium
(N.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy. Synonyms: chiliad, golden age. Antonyms: doomsday.
Occult
(Adj.) secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny; (V.) to hide, cover up; eclipse; (N.) matters involving the supernatural. Synonyms: (Adj.) esoteric, abstruse, arcane. Antonyms: (Adj.) mundane, common, public, exoteric.
Permeate
(V.) to spread through, penetrate, soak through.
Precipitate
(V.) to fall as moisture; to 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. Synonyms: (V.) provoke, produce; (Adj.) reckless, impetuous. Antonyms: (Adj.) wary, circumspect.
Stringent
(Adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste. Synonyms: stern, rigorous, tough, urgent. Antonyms: lenient, mild, lax, permissive.
Surmise
(V.) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (N.) likely idea that lacks definitive proof.
