ap lang vocab unit 2

Ameliorate

to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

Aplomb

poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

Bombastic

pompous o r overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

Callow

without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

Drivel

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 foolishy

Epitome

A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

Exhort

To urge strongly, advise earnestly

Ex officio

by virtue of holding a certain office

Infringe

to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

Ingratiate

to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense

Interloper

one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

Intrinsic

belonging to someone o r something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part

Inveigh

to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

Lassitude

weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

Millennium

a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

Occult

mysterious, magical, supernatural: secret, hidden from view

Permeate

to spread through, penetrate, soak through

Precipitate

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

Stringent

strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste

Surmise

to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess, likely the idea that lacks definite proof