Vocabulary 2 Tyler is still short

Question 1

To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

Answer 1

Ameliorate

amend, better

Question 2

Poise, assurance, great self confidence; perpendicularity

Answer 2

Aplomb

Composure, level-headedness, not me lol

Question 3

Pompous or overblown in language

Answer 3

bombastic

inflated, high-flown, pretentious

Question 4

Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

Answer 4

Callow

Green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced

Question 5

(n.) Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense

Answer 5

Drivel

Balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Epitome

Abstract, digest, model, archetype

Question 7

To urge strongly, advise earnestly

Answer 7

Exhort

Entreat, implore, adjure

Question 8

(adj.) By virtue of holding a certain office

Answer 8

Ex officio

Question 9

(v.) to violate, trespass, to go beyond recognized boundaries

Answer 9

infringe

(v.) to violate, trespass, to go beyond recognized boundaries

Question 10

To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)

Answer 10

Ingratiate

Cozy up to, curry flavor with

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Interloper

Trespasser, meddler, buttinsky

Question 12

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

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Intrinsic

Immanent, organic

Question 13

To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

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Inveigh

Rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate

Question 14

Weariness in body or mind, lack of energy

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Lassitude

Fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Millennium

Chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace

Question 16

Mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means

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Occult

Supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane

Question 17

To spread through, penetrate, soak through

Answer 17

Permeate

Question 18

To fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to

Answer 18

Precipitate

Provoke, produce, reckless

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Stringent

Stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative

Question 20

To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess

Answer 20

Surmise

Infer, gather, inference