AP Lang Unit 2 Vocab

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Ameliorate

(v.) To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

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Aplomb

(n.) Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

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Bombastic

(adj.) Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

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Callow

(adj.) Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

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Drivel (1)

(n.) Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense

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Drivel (2)

(v.) To let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

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Epitome

(n.) A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

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Exhort

(v.) To urge strongly, advise earnestly

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Ex officio

(adj., adv.) By virtue of holding a certain office

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Infringe

(v.) To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

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Ingratiate

(v.) To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)

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Interloper

(n.) One who movies in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

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Intrinsic

(adj.) Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part

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Inveigh

(v.) To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

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Lassitude

(n.) Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

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Millennium

(n.) A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

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Occult (1)

(adj.) Mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means.

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Occult (2)

(v.) To hide, conceal; eclipse

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Occult (3)

(n.) Matters involving the supernatural

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Permeate

(v.) To spread through, penetrate, soak through

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Precipitate (1)

(v.) To fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to

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Precipitate (2)

(adj.) Characterized by excessive haste

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Precipitate (3)

(n.) Moisture; the product of an action or process

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Stringent

(adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste

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Surmise (1)

(v.) To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess

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Surmise (2)

(n.) Likely idea that lacks definite proof