Unit 2 Vocabulary

To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

• Surmise (verb/noun)

• Drivel (noun)

• Infringe (verb)

• Epitome (noun)

Foolish, aimless talk or thinking, nonsense

• Aplomb (noun)

• Permeate (verb)

• Ex officio (adjective/adverb)

• Drivel (noun)

To urge strongly, advise earnestly

• Exhort (verb)

• Lassitude (noun)

• Ingratiate (verb)

• Stringent (adjective)

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

• Aplomb (noun)

• Stringent (adjective)

• Bombastic (adjective)

• Permeate (verb)

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

• Inveigh (verb)

• Occult (adjective/verb/noun)

• Interloper (noun)

• Precipitate (verb/adjective/noun)

(v.) to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height, to give distinct form to; (adj.) characterized by excessive haste; (n.) moisture; the product of an action or process

• Callow (adjective)

• Intrinsic (adjective)

• Surmise (verb / noun)

• Precipitate (verb / adjective / noun)

Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

• Bombastic (adjective)

• Lassitude (noun)

• Permeate (verb)

• Ingratiate (verb)

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

• Intrinsic (adjective)

• Ex officio (adjective / adverb)

• Callow (adjective)

• Exhort (verb)

(adj) Mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (v.) To hide, conceal; eclipse; (n.) Matters involving the supernatural

• Occult (adjective/verb/noun)

• Drivel (noun)

• Ameliorate (verb)

• Surmise (verb / noun)

v.) To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n.) Likely idea that lacks definite proof

• Permeate (verb)

• Inveigh (verb)

• Bombastic (adjective)

• Surmise (verb / noun)