Unit 9

Question 1

ex officio

Answer 1

by virtue of holding a certain office

Question 2

infringe

Answer 2

to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

Question 3

callow

Answer 3

without experience, immature, not fully developed; lacking the sophistication of an adult

Question 4

ameliorate

Answer 4

to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

Question 5

bombastic

Answer 5

pompous or overblown in language, full of high-sounding words intended to conceal lack of ideas

Question 6

ingratiate

Answer 6

to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favorable acceptance by others

Question 7

epitome

Answer 7

summary, condensed account or representation, instance that represents a larger reality

Question 8

aplomb

Answer 8

poise, assurance, great self-confidence

Question 9

exhort

Answer 9

to urge strongly, advise earnestly

Question 10

drivel

Answer 10

foolish, aimless talk or thinking, nonsense

Question 11

inveigh

Answer 11

to make violent attack in words, express strong disaproval

Question 12

surmise

Answer 12

to think or believe without certain supporting evidence, to conjecture or guess

Question 13

intrinsic

Answer 13

belonging to someone or something by it’s very nature, essential, inherent

Question 14

occult

Answer 14

mysterious, magical, supernatural

Question 15

miscontrue

Answer 15

to misunderstand, take in a wrong sense

Question 16

lassitude

Answer 16

weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

Question 17

obese

Answer 17

extremely fat

Question 18

permeate

Answer 18

to spread through, penetrate, soak through

Question 19

stringent

Answer 19

strict, severe, rigorously binding, urgently binding or compelling

Question 20

interloper

Answer 20

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