English Vocabulary, Unit 2

Front 1

ameliorate

Back 1

to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

Hint 1

amend

Front 2

aplomb

Back 2

poise, assurance, great self-confidence, perpendicularity

Hint 2

A+, poise

Front 3

bombastic

Back 3

pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

Hint 3

bomb, overblown

Front 4

callow

Back 4

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

Hint 4

shallow; baby calf

Front 5

drivel

Back 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

Hint 5

drool, dribble

Front 6

epitome

Back 6

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

Hint 6

model, example

Front 7

exhort

Back 7

to urge strongly, advise earnestly

Hint 7

urge, encourage

Front 8

ex officio

Back 8

by virtue of holding a certain office

Hint 8

office, official, automatic

Front 9

infringe

Back 9

to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

Hint 9

intrude

Front 10

ingratiate

Back 10

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

Hint 10

agreeable, gratitude

Front 11

interloper

Back 11

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

Hint 11

intruder

Front 12

intrinsic

Back 12

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

Hint 12

essential, inherent

Front 13

inveigh

Back 13

to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

Hint 13

violent

Front 14

lassitude

Back 14

weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

Hint 14

lack, lazy, fatigue

Front 15

millennium

Back 15

a period of one thousand years; period of great joy

Hint 15

milli = 1000

Front 16

occult

Back 16

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

Hint 16

mysterious, cult

Front 17

permeate

Back 17

to spread through, penetrate, soak through

Hint 17

permeable, penetrate

Front 18

precipitate

Back 18

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

Hint 18

precipitation;
pre = cause or bring about

Front 19

stringent

Back 19

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

Hint 19

strict

Front 20

surmise

Back 20

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

Hint 20

assume, suppose

Front 21

re

Back 21

again

Hint 21

reread

Front 22

pre

Back 22

before

Hint 22

preheat

Front 23

over

Back 23

above, beyond extra; more

Hint 23

overpay

Front 24

under

Back 24

below, lesser in degree

Hint 24

underpay

Front 25

co

Back 25

together; jointly; in the same degree

Hint 25

cooperate

Front 26

mis

Back 26

badly; wrongly mistakenly, incorrectly

Hint 26

misquote

Front 27

theo

Back 27

gods

Hint 27

theology

Front 28

gen

Back 28

race; origin

Hint 28

generation

Front 29

chron

Back 29

time

Hint 29

chronic

Front 30

nat

Back 30

born

Hint 30

nature

Front 31

bio

Back 31

life

Hint 31

biology

Front 32

viv

Back 32

life

Hint 32

vivid

Front 33

zoo

Back 33

animal

Hint 33

zoology

Front 34

homo

Back 34

same; man

Hint 34

homonym

Front 35

auto

Back 35

self

Hint 35

automatic

Front 36

dem

Back 36

people

Hint 36

democracy

Front 37

voc

Back 37

call; voice

Hint 37

vocal

Front 38

scope

Back 38

see

Hint 38

telescope

Front 39

spec

Back 39

see

Hint 39

spectator

Front 40

vis

Back 40

see

Hint 40

visable