Vocabulary: Second Semester

Question 1

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

Answer 1

ameliorate

Question 2

poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularly (n)

Answer 2

Aplomb

Question 3

Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas (adj)

Answer 3

Bombastic

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Callow

Question 5

Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly (n)

Answer 5

Drivel

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Epitome

Question 7

To urge strongly; advise earnestly (v)

Answer 7

Exhort

Question 8

By virtue of holding a certain office (adj)

Answer 8

Ex officio

Question 9

To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds (v)

Answer 9

Infringe

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Ingratiate

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Interloper

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Intrinsic

Question 13

To make a violent attack in words; express strong disapproval (v)

Answer 13

Inveigh

Question 14

Weariness of the body or mind, lack of energy (n)

Answer 14

Lassitude

Question 15

A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy (n)

Answer 15

Millennium

Question 16

Mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; to hide, conceal; eclipse; matters involving the supernatural (adj)

Answer 16

Occult

Question 17

To spread through, penetrate, soak through (v)

Answer 17

Permeate

Question 18

To fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give a distinct form to; characterized by excessive haste; moisture; the product of an action or process (v)

Answer 18

Precipitate

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Stringent

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Surmise