Unit 2 Vocab

Front 1

Ameliorate

Back 1

(v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
SYN: amend, better
ANT: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate

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Aplomb

Back 2

(n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence, perpendicularity
SYN: composure, self-possession, levelheadness
ANT: confusion, embarrassment, abashment

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Bombastic

Back 3

(adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
SYN: inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious
ANT: confusion, embarrassment, abashment

Front 4

Callow

Back 4

(adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed, lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
SYN; green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
ANT: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated

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Drivel

Back 5

(n.) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense
(v.) to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly
SYN: (n.) balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot
(v.) slaver

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Epitome

Back 6

(n.) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a lager reality
SYN: abstract, digest, model, archetype

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Exhort

Back 7

(v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly
SYN: entreat, implore, adjure
ANT: discourage, advise against, deprecate

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Exoffcio

Back 8

(adj., adv.) by virtue of holding a certain office

Front 9

Infringe

Back 9

(v.) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
SYN: encroach, impinge, intrude, poach
ANT: stay in bounds

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Ingratiate

Back 10

(v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
SYN: cozy up to, curry favor with
ANT: alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself

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Interloper

Back 11

(n.) one who moves in where he or she in not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder
SYN: trespasser, meddler, bultinsky

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Intrinsic

Back 12

(adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
SYN: immanent, organic
ANT: extrinsic, external, outward

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Inveigh

Back 13

(v.) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
SYN: rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate
ANT: acclaim, glorify, extol

Front 14

Lassitude

Back 14

(n.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
SYN: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor
ANT: energy, vitality, animation, liveliness

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Millennium

Back 15

(n.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy
SYN: chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace
ANT: doomsday, day of judgement

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Occult

Back 16

(adj.) mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by original means
(v.) to hide, conceal, eclipse
(n.) matters involving the supernatural
SYN: (adj.) supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane
ANT: (adj.) mundane, common, public, exoteric

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Permeate

Back 17

(v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak through

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Precipitate

Back 18

(v.) to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to;
(adj.) characterized be excessive haste;
(n.) moisture; the product of an action or process
SYN: (v.) provoke, produce (adj) reckless, impetuous
ANT: (adj.) wary, cautious, circumspect

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Stringent

Back 19

(adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
SYN; stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
ANT: lenient, mild, lax, permissive

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Surmise

Back 20

(v.) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess;
(n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof
SYN: (v.) infer, gather;
(n.) interence, presumption