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English Vocab
Unit II
Question | Answer |
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ameliorate | amend; improve |
aplomb | poise; confidence |
bombastic | overblown in language |
callow | immature; without experience |
drivel | nonsense |
epitome | ideal; model |
exhort | urge |
ex officio | by virtue of holding a certain office |
infringe | trespass; intrude |
ingratiate | cozy up; kiss up |
interloper | intruder; trespasser; unwanted |
intrinsic | inherent |
inveigh | to make a violent attack in words |
lassitude | lazy; fatigue |
millennium | period of one thousand years |
occult | magical; supernatural |
permeate | spread through |
precipitate | moisture |
stringent | strict; severe |
surmise | guess; infer |