Vocab 2

Question 1

Ameliorate

Answer 1

(V.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

(MEL’)

Synonyms: amend, better

Antonyms: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate

Question 2

Aplomb

Answer 2

(n.) poise, assurance, great self confidence, perpendicularity

(PLAM’)

Synonyms: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness

Antonyms: confusion, embarrassment, abashment

Question 3

Bombastic

Answer 3

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

(BAS’)

Synonyms: inflated, highfalutin, pretentious

Antonyms: unadorned, simple, plain, austere

Question 4

Callow

Answer 4

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

(KAL’)

Synonyms: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced

Antonyms: mature, grown up, polished, sophisticated

Question 5

Drivel

Answer 5

(n. ) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense
(v. ) to set saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

(DRIV’)

Synonyms: balderdash, tommyrot

Antonyms: slaver

Question 6

Epitome

Answer 6

(n.) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

(PIT’)

Synonyms: abstract, digest, archetype

Question 7

Exhort

Answer 7

(v. to urge strongly, advise earnestly

(ZORT’)

Synonyms: entreat, implore, adjure

Antonyms: discourage, advise against, deprecate

Question 8

Ex officio

Answer 8

(Adj., adv.) by virtue of holding a certain office

FISH’

Question 9

Infringe

Answer 9

(v.) to violate, trespass, go behind recognized bounds

(FRINJ’)

Synonyms: encroach, impinge, intrude

Antonyms: stay in bounds, comply

Question 10

ingratiate

Answer 10

(v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes use in critical sense)

(GRA’)

Synonyms: cozy up

Antonyms: humiliate oneself

Question 11

Interloper

Answer 11

(n.) one shoe movies in where he or she is or wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

(IN’)

Synonyms: trespasser, meddler

Question 12

Intrinsic

Answer 12

(Adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part

(TRIN’)

Synonyms: immanent, organic

Antonyms: extrinsic, external, outward

Question 13

Inveigh

Answer 13

(V.) to make a violent attack in words, express strong approval

(VA’)

Synonyms: harangue, remonstrate

Antonyms: acclaim, glorify, extol

Question 14

Lassitude

Answer 14

(N.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

(LAS’)

Synonyms: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor

Antonyms: energy, vitality, animation, liveliness

Question 15

Millennium

Answer 15

(N.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

(LEN’)

Synonyms: chilliad, golden age

Antonyms: doomsday

Question 16

Occult

Answer 16

(Adj.) secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary mean, mysterious, magical, uncanny

(V.) to hide, cover up, eclipse

(N.) matters involving the supernatural

(KELT’)

Synonyms: (adj.) esoteric, abstruse, arcane

Antonyms: (adj.) mundane, common, public, exoteric

Question 17

Permeate

Answer 17

(V.) to spread through, penetrate, soak through

PER’

Question 18

Precipitate

Answer 18

(V.) to fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly, to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to

(Adj.) characterized by excessive haste

(N.) moisture; the product of an action or process

Synonyms: (v.) to provoke, produce
(Adj.) reckless, impetuous

Antonyms: (adj.) wary, circumspect

Question 19

Stringent

Answer 19

(Adj.) strict severed or rigorously or urgent binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste

(STRIN’)

Synonyms: stern, rigorous, tough, urgent

Antonyms: lenient, mild, lax, permissive

Question 20

Surmise

Answer 20

(V,) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to guess of conjecture

(N.) likely idea that lacks definite proof

(MIZ’)

Synonyms: (v.) infer, gather (n.) inference, presumption