Unit 2

Question 0

Aplomb

Answer 0

N. poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

Question 1

Ameliorate

Answer 1

V. To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

Question 2

Bombastic

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Adj. pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

Question 3

Callow

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Adj. without feathers; without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise

Question 4

Drivel

Answer 4

N. saliva or mucus flowing from mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense;
V. To let saliva from from mouth; to udder nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

Question 5

Epitome

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N. a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

Question 6

Exhort

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V. To urge strongly, advice earnestly

Question 7

Ex officio

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Adj. adv. by virtue of holding a certain office

Question 8

Infringe

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V. To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

Question 9

Ingratiate

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V. To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favorable acceptance by other (sometimes used in critical or derogatory sense)

Question 10

Interloper

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N. an intruder, one who moves in where he/she is not wanted or has no right to be

Question 11

Intrinstic

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Adj. belonging to someone or something by its very nature,

Essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part; good for its own sake

Question 12

Inveigh

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V. To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

Question 13

Lassitude

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N. a weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

Question 14

Millennium

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N. a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy, prosperity or peace (millennia)

Question 15

Occult

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Adj. Mysterious, magical, supernatural, secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means
V. To hide, conceal, eclipse
N. matters involving the supernatural

Question 16

Permeate

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V. To spread through, penetrate, soak through

Question 17

Precipitate

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V. To fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to

Question 18

Stringent

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Adj. strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling sharp or bitter to the taste

Question 19

Surmise

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V. To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess;
N. an idea or thought that seems likely but lacks definite proof

Question 20

Benediction

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N. a blessing

Question 21

Blasphemy

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N. a profane remark about God; irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable

Question 22

Carrion

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N. a decaying flesh

Question 23

Connote

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V. To suggest, to imply

Question 24

Demure

Answer 24

Adj. shy, serious, modest