Unit 2 - ELA Vocabulary

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ameliorate
to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming.
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aplomb
poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity.
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bombastic
pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to a conceal a lack of ideas.
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callow
without experience; immature, not fully developed; without feathers.
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drivel
saliva or mucus; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly.
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epitome
a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality.
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exhort
to urge strongly, advice earnestly.
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ex officio
by virtue of holding a certain office.
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infringe
to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds.
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ingratiate
to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others.
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interloper
one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder.
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intrinsic
belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part.
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inveigh
to make a violent attack in words, expressing strong disapproval.
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lassitude
weariness of body or mind, lack of energy.
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occult
mysterious, magical, supernatural
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permeate
to spread through, penetrate, soak through.
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precipitate
to spread through, penetrate soak through
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stringent
strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste.
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surmise
to think or believe without certain supporting evidence to conjecture or guess
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millennium
a period of one thousand years