Vocab List 2

Question 1

Ameliorate

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Aplomb

Answer 2

(N) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

Question 3

Bombastic

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Callow

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Drivel

Answer 5

; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle;

Question 6

Epitome

Answer 6

(N) a summary, condensed account; an incense that represents a larger reality

Question 7

Exhort

Answer 7

(V) to urge strongly, advise earnestly

Question 8

Infringe

Answer 8

(V) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

Question 9

Ingratiate

Answer 9

(V) to make one self agreeable and thus gaining favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)

Question 10

Interloper

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Intrinsic

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Inveigh

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Lassitude

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Millennium

Answer 14

(N) a period of 1000 years; a period of great joy

Question 15

Occult

Answer 15

(Adj) secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny; (v) to hide, cover-up; eclipse; (n) matters involving the supernatural

Question 16

Permeate

Answer 16

(V) the spread through, penetrate, soak through

Question 17

Precipitate

Answer 17

(V) to bring about suddenly; (adj) characterized by excessive haste

Question 18

Stringent

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Surmise

Answer 19

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