Unit 2 Vocab AP Language & Compasition

Ameliorate

To improve, make better

Aplomb

Poise, assurance, great self-confidence

Bombastic

Pompous or overblown in language

Callow

Without experience, immature, not fully developed

Drivel

Foolishness, aimless talk or thinking nonsense

Epitome

A summary, condensed account

Exhort

To urge strongly, advise earnestly

Ex Officio

By virtue of holding a certain office

Infringe

To violate, trespass

Ingratiate

To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance

Interloper

One who moves where he or she is not wanted

Intrinsic

Belonging to someone or something by its very nature

Inveigh

To make a violence attack in words

Lassitude

Weariness of the body or mind, lack of energy

Millennium

A period of one thousand years, a period of great joy

Occult

Mysterious, magical, supernatural

Permeate

To spread through, penetrate, soak though

Percipitate

To fall as moisture

Stringent

Strict, severe, rigorous

Surmise

To think or believe without certain supporting evidence