Unit 2 vocab

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Ameliorate

Improve, correct flaw

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Aplomb

Poise, assurance

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Benediction

Blessing

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Bombastic

Overblown in language

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Callow

Without experience

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Connote

To suggest or imply

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Demure

Shy serious

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Drivel

Foolish

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Epitome

Summary

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Exhort

To urge strongly or advise

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Infringe

To violate

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Ingratiate

To make oneself agreeable

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Interloper

Intruder

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Intrinsic

Inheritable, belonging to by natire

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Inveigh

Violent attack in words

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Lassitude

Lack of energy, weariness body of mind

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Occult

Mysterious, supernatural

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Permeate

Spread through, penetrate

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Precipitate

To cause or bring about suddenly, give distinct form to

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Stringent

Strict, servere, sharp and bitter in taste

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Surmise

To think or believe without evidence

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Aphorism

A brief statement of opinion or elemental truth

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Apostrophe

Directly addresses abstract idea or imaginary person

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Appositive

Modified noun next to it. Ex: the narrator

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Argument from ignorance

Something is true because never proven wrong

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Assonance

Repetition of same interval vowel sounds

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Asyndeton

Omission of conjunctions to create a forceful sentence

Ex: all the orcas ate food, broke the dishes, trashed the hall.

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Atmosphere

Emotional mood created

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Bandwagon

Argument “everyone doing it”

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Begging the question

Assumed the truth of conclusion rather than supporting it

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