Vocab 2

Question 1

Ameliorate

Answer 1

to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

Question 2

Aplomb

Answer 2

poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

Question 3

Bombastic

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Callow

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Drivel

Answer 5

saliva or mucus flowing form the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

Question 6

Epitome

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Exhort

Answer 7

to urge strongly, advise earnestly

Question 8

Infringe

Answer 8

to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

Question 9

Ingratiate

Answer 9

to make oneself agreeable and this gain favor or acceptance by others

Question 10

Interloper

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Intrinsic

Answer 11

belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherit; originating in a bodily organ or part

Question 12

Lassitude

Answer 12

weariness of the body or mind

Question 13

Permeate

Answer 13

to spread through, penetrate, soak through

Question 14

Stringent

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Surmise

Answer 15

to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture to guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof