Unit Two Vocabulary Words

Front 1

Ameliorate
(verb)

Back 1

to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
Synonyms: amend, better
Antonyms: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate

Front 2

Aplomb
(noun)

Back 2

poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
Synonyms: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness
Antonyms: confusion, embarrassment, abashment

Front 3

Bombastic
(adjective)

Back 3

pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
Synonyms: inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious
Antonyms: unadorned, simple, plain, austere

Front 4

Callow
(adjective)

Back 4

without experience, immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
Synonyms: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
Antonyms: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated

Front 5

Drivel
(noun) (verb)

Back 5

(n) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish; aimless talk or think; nonsense
(v) to let saliva flow from the mouth, to utter nonsense, to waste or fritter away
Synonyms: (n) balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot
(v) slaver

Front 6

Epitome
(noun)

Back 6

a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
Synonyms: abstract, digest, model, archetype

Front 7

Exhort
(verb)

Back 7

to urge strongly, advise earnestly
Synonyms: entreat, implore, adjure
Antonyms: discourage, advise against, deprecate

Front 8

Ex officio
(adj, adv)

Back 8

by virtue of holding a certain office

Front 9

Infringe
(verb)

Back 9

to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
Synonyms: encroach, impinge, intrude, poach
Antonyms: stay in bounds

Front 10

Ingratiate
(verb)

Back 10

to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others
Synonyms: cozy up to, curry favor with
Antonyms: alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself

Front 11

Interloper
(noun)

Back 11

one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, intruder
Synonyms: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky

Front 12

Intrinsic
(adjective)

Back 12

belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
Synonyms: immanent, organic
Antonyms: extrinsic, eternal, outward

Front 13

Inveigh
(verb)

Back 13

to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
Synonyms: rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate
Antonyms: acclaim, glorify, extol

Front 14

Lassitude
(noun)

Back 14

weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
Synonyms: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor
Antonyms: energy, vitality, animation, liveliness

Front 15

Millennium
(noun)

Back 15

1000 years or a period of great joy
Synonyms: golden age, prosperity, peace
Antonyms: doomsday, day or judgement

Front 16

Occult
(adjective)

Back 16

mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret (v) to hide, conceal (n) matters involving the supernatural
Synonyms: supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane
Antonyms: mundane, common, public, exoteric

Front 17

Permeate
(verb)

Back 17

to spread through, penetrate, soak through

Front 18

Precipitate
(verb)
(adjective)
(noun)

Back 18

to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from great height (adj) great haste (n) moisture; the product of an action or process
Synonyms (v): provoke, produce (adj) reckless, impetuous
Antonyms (adj): wary, cautious

Front 19

Stringent
(verb)
(noun)

Back 19

strict, severe, rigorously or urgently binding
Synonyms: stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
Antonyms: lenient, mild, lax, permissive

Front 20

Surmise
(verb)
(noun)

Back 20

to think or believe without certain supporting evidence (n) likely idea that lacks definite proof
Synonyms: (v) infer, gather (n) inference, presumption