English Words 2

Ameliorate

To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming.

Aplomb

Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity.

Bombastic

Pompous or 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 (n.)

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

Drivel (v.)

To let saliva flow; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly.

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 or 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 (adj.)

Secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny.

Occult (v.)

To hide, cover up; eclipse.

Occult (n.)

Matters involving the supernatural.

Permeate

To spread through, penetrate, soak through.

Precipitate (v.)

To fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height.

Precipitate (adj.)

Characterized by excessive haste.

Precipitate (n.)

Moisture; the product of an action or process.

Stringent

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

Surmise (v.)

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

Surmise (n.)

Likely idea that lacks definite proof.