Vocab Unit 2 Level F

Question 1

Aplomb

Answer 1

Noun
Poise, assurance, great self-confidence, perpendicularity

S: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness

A: confusion, embarrassment, abashment

Question 2

Bombastic

Answer 2

Adj.
Pompous or overblown in language, full of high sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

S: inflated, highfalutin, pretentious

A: unadorned, simple, plain, austere

Question 3

Callow

Answer 3

Adj.
Without experience, immature, not fully developed, lacking in sophistication and poise, without feathers

S: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced

A: mature, grown up, polished, sophisticated

Question 4

Drivel

Answer 4

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

S: balderdash, tommyrot, (verb) slaver

Question 5

Epitome

Answer 5

Noun
A summary, condensed account, an instance that represents a larger reality

S: abstract, digest, archetype

Question 6

Exhort

Answer 6

Verb
To urge strongly, advise earnestly

S: entreat, implore, ajure

A: discourage, advise against, deprecate

Question 7

Ex officio

Answer 7

Adj. adv.

By virture of holding a certain office

Question 8

Infringe

Answer 8

Verb
To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

S: encroach, impinge, intrude

A: stay in bounds, comply

Question 9

Ingratiate

Answer 9

Verb
To make oneself agreeable and thus again favor or acceptance by others (critical or derogatory sense)

S: cozy up to, curry favor with

A: humiliate oneself

Question 10

Interloper

Answer 10

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

S: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky

Question 11

Intrinsic

Answer 11

Adj.
Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent, originating in a bodily organ or part

S: immanent, organic

A: extrinsic, external, outward

Question 12

Inveigh

Answer 12

Verb
To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

S: harangue, remonstrate

A: acclaim, glorify, extol

Question 13

Lassitude

Answer 13

Noun
Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

S: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor

A: energy, vitality, animation, liveliness

Question 14

Millennium

Answer 14

Noun
A period of one thousand years, a period of great joy

S: chiliad, golden age

A: doomsday

Question 15

Occult

Answer 15

Adj.
Secret, hidden from view, not detectable by ordinary means, mysterious, magical, uncanny
Verb
To hide, cover up, eclipse
Noun
Matters involving supper natural

S: (adj.) esoteric, abstruse, arcane

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

Question 16

Permeate

Answer 16

Verb

To spread through, penetrate, soak through

Question 17

Precipitate

Answer 17

Verb
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
Noun
Moisture, the product of an action or process

S: (v) provoke, produce, (adj.) reckless, impetuous

A: (adj.) wary, circumspect

Question 18

Stringent

Answer 18

Adj.
Strict, severe, rigorously or urgently binding or compelling, sharp or bitter to the taste

S: stern, rigorous, tough, urgent

A: lenient, mild, lax, permissive

Question 19

Surmise

Answer 19

Verb
To think or believe without certain supporting evidence, to conjecture or guess
Noun
Likely idea that lacks definite proof

S: infer, gather

A: inference, presumption

Question 20

Ameliorate

Answer 20

Verb
To improve, make better, correct a flaw or short coming

S: amend, better

A: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate