vocab chap 2

Question 1

ameliorate

Answer 1

to improve or make better

Question 2

aplomb

Answer 2

poise, assurance, great self confidence

Question 3

bombastic

Answer 3

pompous or overblown in language

Question 4

callow

Answer 4

without experience, immature

Question 5

drivel

Answer 5

alive or music flowing from the mouth or nose, to let saliva flow through the mouth

Question 6

epitome

Answer 6

a summary or condensed account

Question 7

exhort

Answer 7

to urge strongly, advise earnestly

Question 8

ex officio

Answer 8

by virtue of holding a certain office

Question 9

infringe

Answer 9

to violate or tresspass

Question 10

intigrate

Answer 10

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

Question 11

interloper

Answer 11

one who moves in where he or she is not wanted.

Question 12

intrinsic

Answer 12

belonging to someone or something by its very nature

Question 13

inveigh

Answer 13

to make a violent attack in words, expressing great disapproval

Question 14

lassitude

Answer 14

weariness of body and mind, lack of energy

Question 15

millenium

Answer 15

a period of 1000 years

Question 16

occult

Answer 16

secret, hidden from view, not detectable by ordinary means, mysterious, magical uncanny

Question 17

permeate

Answer 17

to spread through, to penetrate, soak through

Question 18

precipitate

Answer 18

to fall as moisture, to bring about suddenly, to hurl down from a great height.

Question 19

stringent

Answer 19

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

Question 20

surmise

Answer 20

to think or believe without certain evidence, to conjure or guess. likely idea that lacks definite proof