Vocabulary Unit 2 English

Question 1

Ameliorate

Answer 1

to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

synonyms: amend, better

antonyms: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate

Question 2

Aplomb

Answer 2

Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

Synonyms: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness

antonyms: confusion, embarrassment, abashment

Question 3

Bombastic

Answer 3

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

synonyms: inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious

Antonyms: unadorned, simple, plain, austere

Question 4

Drivel

Answer 4

Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; (v.) to let saliva flow from the mmouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

synonyms: balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot; (v.) slaver

No antonyms

Question 4

Callow

Answer 4

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

synonyms: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced

Antonyms: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated

Question 5

epitome

Answer 5

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

Synonyms: abstract, digest, model, archetype

no antonyms

Question 6

Exhort

Answer 6

to urge strongly, advise earnestly

Synonyms: entreat, implore, adjure

Antonyms: discourage, advise against, deprecate

Question 7

Ex officio

Answer 7

By virtue of holding a certain office

No synonyms

No antonyms

Question 7

Infringe

Answer 7

To violate, tresspass, go beyond recognized bounds

Synonyms: encroach, impinge, intrude poach

Antonym: stay in bounds

Question 8

Ingratiate

Answer 8

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

synonyms: cozy up to , curry favor with

Antonyms: alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself

Question 9

Interloper

Answer 9

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

Synonyms: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky

No antonyms

Question 10

Intrinsic

Answer 10

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

Synonyms: immanent, organic

Antonyms: extrinsic, external, outward