Vocab 2

Question 1

to improve, make better, correct a flaw

Answer 1

Ameliorate

Question 2

poise, assurance, great self-confidence

Answer 2

aplomb

Question 3

full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

Answer 3

bombastic

Question 4

without experience, immature, not fully developed

Answer 4

callow

Question 5

to utter nonsense

Answer 5

drivel

Question 6

a summary, condensed account

Answer 6

epitome

Question 7

to urge strongly, advise

Answer 7

exhort

Question 8

to violate, trespass

Answer 8

infringe

Question 9

to make oneself agreeable and thus gain acceptance from others

Answer 9

ingratiate

Question 10

one who moves in where he or she is not wanted, intruder

Answer 10

interloper

Question 11

belonging to someone or something by its very nature, inherent, essential

Answer 11

intrinsic

Question 12

to make a violent attack in words (verbal), express strong disapproval

Answer 12

inveigh

Question 13

the weariness of body, or mind lack of energy

Answer 13

lassitude

Question 14

a period of 1000 years

Answer 14

Millennium

Question 15

secret, hidden from view, mysterious, magical

Answer 15

occult

Question 16

to spread through, penetrate, soak through

Answer 16

permeate

Question 17

to fall as moisture, to bring out suddenly

Answer 17

precipitate

Question 18

strict, severe

Answer 18

stringent