Unit 2 English Vocab - Gifted 10

ameliorate

to improve or make better

aplomb

poise or composure

bombastic

fancy words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

callow

inexperienced

drivel

nonsense or babble

epitome

a perfect example

exhort

to urge strongly

ex officio

when you automatically become something or gain a respect mainly just by possessing a certain role

ingratiate

to people please to gain acceptance

interloper

an intruder

intrinsic

belonging to someone by its very nature

inveigh

to make a violent verbal attack or express strong disapproval

lassitude

lack of energy

millennium

1000 years

occult

mysterious, magical, uncanny, supernatural

permeate

to spread through

precipitate

to bring out suddenly or the resulting product of an action or process

stringent

strict, severe

surmise

to think or guess without evidence