Unit 2 Vocabulary Practice (11th)

to become less intense or widespread; lessen, reduce, or remove

• abate

• bolster

• aesthetic

• epitome

Extremely bad; appalling

• callow

• exhort

• abysmal

• permeate

Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

• infringe

• aesthetic

• lucrative

• surmise

To improve, make better, correct a flaw

• intrinsic

• stringent

• unmitigated

• ameliorate

Support or strengthen; prop up

• bolster

• underscore

• occult

• malicious

Without experience; immature, not fully developed

• ameliorate

• bolster

• callow

• infringe

A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type

• malicious

• epitome

• permeate

• surmount

To urge strongly; to encourage

• callow

• intrinsic

• substantiate

• exhort

To violate, trespass, go beyond; to encroach upon in a way that violates law or rights of others

• infringe

• permeate

• unmitigated

• aesthetic

Belonging to someone or something by its very nature; essential; belonging naturally

• lucrative

• surmise

• stringent

• intrinsic