Unit 1 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Aplomb
Poise, assurance, self-confidence, perpendicularity
Ameliorate
To improve
Bombastic
Overblown and high-sounding in language to cover up a lack of ideas
Callow
Immature or without experience, not fully developed, lacking sophistication and poise
Drivel
Saliva, mucus, aimless and/or childish talk or thinking
Epitome
The embodiment of, a condensed account, instance that represents a larger reality
Exhort
To urge strongly
Ex officio
By virtue of holding a certain office
Infringe
To violate or trespass
Ingratiate
Gain favor with others; brownnose.
Interloper
Intruder
Intrinsic
Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent
Inveigh
To express strong disapproval
Lassitude
Lack of energy
Millennium
1K years, new age of prosperity
Occult
Supernatural; concealed or to conceal
Permeate
To soak through
Precipitate
To fall as moisture, characterized by extreme haste, product of an action or process
Stringent
Strict/severe
Surmise
Likely idea that lacks definite proof or to think without supporting evidence