Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary F2

ameliorate

• weariness of mind and body

• to improve or make better

• saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth

• to violate or trespass, to go too far

aplomb

• violent attack in words

• one who moves in when not wanted

• poise and self confidence

• by virtue of holding an office

bombastic

• using big words unnecessarily

• to improve or make better

• without experience or feathers

• the most perfect example of something

Callow

• saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth

• without experience; acting immature

• to make oneself agreeable; to suck up

• to strongly urge, advise honestly

drivel

• to fall as rain or snow

• the most perfect example of something

• naturally being there; internal

• saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth

epitome

• dealing with a mysterious; hidden

• to spread through, to soak through

• strict or severe; bitter to the taste

• the most perfect example of something

exhort

• to urge strongly, advise earnestly

• by virtue of holding a certain office

• to make oneself agreeable; to suck up

• to make a violent attack in words

ex officio

• belonging to something naturally; naturally there

• by virtue of holding a certain office

• without experience; without feathers

• poise, assurance, great self-confidence

infringe

• to violate; to trespass, to go beyond accepted bounds; to take away your rights

• to make a violent attack in words

• to fall as rain or snow

• to make an educated guess

Ingratiate

• to make oneself agreeable; to suck up

• to make a violent attack in words

• tiredness of mind and body

• poise, assurance