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Vocab Unit 2
unit 2 level f
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Language - Other
10th Grade
09/07/2010

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AMELIORATE
Definition
  • (v) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
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APLOMB
Definition
  • (n) poise, assurance, great self-confidence;
  • perpendicularity
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BOMBASTIC
Definition
  • (adj) pompous or overblown in language;
  • full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
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CALLOW
Definition
  • (adj) withour experience;
  • immature, not fully developed;
  • lacking sophistication and poise;
  • without feathers
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DRIVEL
Definition
  • (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
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EPITOME
Definition
  • (n) a summary, condensed account;
  • an instance that represents a larger reality
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EXHORT
Definition
  • (v) to urge strongly, advise earnestly
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EX OFFICIO
Definition
  • (adj, adv) by virtue of holding a certain office
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INFRINGE
Definition
  • (v) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognised bounds
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INGRATIATE
Definition
  • (v) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
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INTERLOPER
Definition
  • (n) one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder
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INTRINSIC
Definition
  • (adj) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essention, inherit;
  • originating in a body organ or part
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INVEIGH
Definition
  • (v) to make a violent attack in words, express strong dissapproval
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LASSITUDE
Definition
  • (n) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
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MILLENNIUM

Definition
  • (n) a period of one thousand years;
  • a period of great joy
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OCCULT
Definition
  • (adj) mysterious, magical, supernatural;
  • secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means;
  • (v) to hide, conceal;
  • eclipse
  • (n) matters involving the supernatural
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PERMEATE
Definition
  • (v) to spread through, penetrate, soak through
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PERCIPITATE
Definition
  • (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 by excessive haste
  • (n) moisture;
  • the product of an action process
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STRINGENT
Definition
  • (adj) strict, severe;
  • rigorously or urgently binding or compelling;
  • sharp or bitter to the taste
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SURMISE
Definition
  • (v) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence;
  • to conjecture or guess
  • (n) likely idea that lacks definite proof
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