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Vocab Unit 2
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11th Grade
09/09/2010

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Ameliorate
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(V) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
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Aplomb
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(N) Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
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Bombastic
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(Adj) pompous or overbkown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
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Callow
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(adj) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
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Drivel
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(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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(n) a summary, condensed account; an instance the represents a larger reality.
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Epitome
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Exhort
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(v) to urge strongly, advice earnestly
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ex officio
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(adj/adv) by virtue of holding a certain office
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Infringe
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(V) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
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ingratiate
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(v) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others
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interloper
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(n) one who moves in where he or she is not wanted and has no right to be
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Intrinsic
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(adj) belonging to someone or something by its very nature essential, inherit
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Inveigh
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(v) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
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Lassitude
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(n) weariness of body or mind; lack of energy
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millennium
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(n)period of one thousand years; a period of great joy
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occult
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(adj)mysterious, magical, supernatural; secretl hidden

(N) matters involving the supernatural

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Permeate
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(v)to spread through, penetrate, soak through
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Precipitate
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(v) to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height
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Stringent
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(adj) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling
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Surmise
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(v) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess
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Synonym of Buttinsky
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interloper
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synonym of "spread through"
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permeate
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synonym of "high-flown"
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Bombastic
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synonym of "model"
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epitome
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synonym of "curry favor"
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ingratiate
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synonym of "rail"
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inveign
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synonym of "composure"
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aplomb
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synonym of "hogwash"
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Drivel
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synonym for "strict"
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Stringent
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Synonym for "presumption"
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Surmise
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Synonym for "encroach"
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infringe
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Synonym for "entreat"
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Exhort
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Synonym for "inexperienced"
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callow
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synonym for "by virtue of her job"
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ex officio
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Synonym for "supernatural"
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Occult
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Antonym for "external"
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intrinsic
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antonym for "energy"
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lassitude
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antonym for "cautious"
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precipitate
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antonym for "day of judgement"
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millennium
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