Sadlier Unit 2: Level F Flashcards
Ameliorate
To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming.
Aplomb
Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity.
Bombastic
Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas.
Callow
Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers.
Drivel
Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense.
Epitome
A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality.
Exhort
To urge strongly, advise earnestly
Ex Officio
By virtue of holding a certain office.
Infringe
To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds.
Ingratiate
to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense).
Interloper
One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder.
Intrinsic
Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part.
Inveigh
To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval.
Lassitude
Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy.
Millennium
A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy.
