KAP Eng II Vocabulary Unit 2

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

• Aplomb

• Ameliorate

• Epitome

• Inveigh

poise, assurance, great self-confidence

• Callow

• Bombastic

• Aplomb

• Occult

pompous or overblown in language, full of high-sounding words intended to conceal lack of ideas

• Ingratiate

• Surmise

• Exhort

• Bombastic

immature, without experience, lacking sophistication and poise.

• Drivel

• Callow

• Infringe

• Precipitate

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

• Drivel

• Ex officio

• Millennium

• Lassitude

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

• Ameliorate

• Intrinsic

• Interloper

• Epitome

to urge strongly, advise earnestly

• Exhort

• Aplomb

• Lassitude

• Stringent

by virtue of holding a certain office

• Callow

• Bombastic

• Millennium

• Ex officio

to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

• Infringe

• Inveigh

• Intrinsic

• Ingratiate

to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others

• Occult

• Permeate

• Ingratiate

• Surmise