Sadlier Connect: Vocab Unit 2 Level F

ameliorate

v: to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

SYN: amend, better

ANT: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate

aplomb

n: poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

SYN: composure, self- possession, levelheadedness

ANT: confusion, embarrassment, abashment

bombastic

adj: pompous or overblown language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

SYN: inflated, highfalutin, pretentious

ANT: unadorned, simple, plain, austere

callow

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

SYN: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced

ANT: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated

drivel

n: saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense

SYN: balderdash, tommyrot

v: to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

SYN: slaver

epitome

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

SYN: abstract, digest, archetype

exhort

v: to urge strongly, advise earnestly

SYN: entreat, implore, adjure

ANT: discourage, advise against, deprecate

ex officio

adj OR adv: by virtue of holding a certain office

infringe

v: to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

SYN: encroach, impinge, intrude

ANT: stay in bounds, comply

ingratiate

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

SYN: cozy up to, curry favor with

ANT:humiliate oneself

interloper

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

SYN: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky

intrinsic

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

SYN: immanent, organic

ANT: extrinsic, external, outward

inveigh

v: to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

SYN: harangue, remonstrate

ANT: acclaim, glorify, extol

lassitude

n: weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

SYN: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor

ANT: energy, vitality, animation, liveliness

millennium

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

SYN: chiliad, golden age

ANT: doomsday

occult

adj: secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny

SYN: esoteric, abstruse, arcane

ANT: mundane, common, public, exoteric

v: to hide, cover up; eclipse

n: matters involving the supernatural

permeate

v: to spread through, penetrate, soak through

precipitate

v: to fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to

SYN: provoke, produce

adj: characterized by excessive haste

SYN: reckless, impetuous

ANT: wary, circumspect

n: moisture, the product of an action or process

stringent

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

SYN: stern, rigorous, tough, urgent

ANT: lenient, mild, lax, permissive

surmise

v: to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess

SYN: infer, gather

n: likely idea that lacks definite proof

SYN: inference, presumption