Vocab unit II

Question 1

ameliorate

Answer 1

to improve/make better

Question 2

aplomb

Answer 2

assurance/self confidence

Question 3

bombastic

Answer 3

high sounding with little meaning/exaturated

Question 4

callow

Answer 4

immature

Question 5

drivel

Answer 5

nonsense

Question 6

epitome

Answer 6

-a perfect example of a quality
-a summary of a book

Question 7

exhort

Answer 7

urge strongly by advice, argument, or warning

Question 8

ex officio

Answer 8

from the office

Question 9

infringe

Answer 9

violate/break (usually a rule or law)

Question 10

ingratiate

Answer 10

to gain favour by deliberate force

Question 11

interloper

Answer 11

an intruder/trespasser

Question 12

intrinsic

Answer 12

belonging naturally/ essential

Question 13

inveigh

Answer 13

to protest/complain

Question 14

lassitude

Answer 14

fatigue/lazyness

Question 15

millenium

Answer 15

-a period of 1000 years
-a period of happyness/prefection

Question 16

occult

Answer 16

shut off from view/cover

Question 17

permeate

Answer 17

diffuse through/penetrate something

Question 18

precipitate

Answer 18

-to throw violently
-rain
-to fall
-to act abruptly (out of pocket)

Question 19

stringent

Answer 19

tight/strict

Question 20

surmise

Answer 20

an inference/assumption