Unit 2 HPAL Vocab

Question 1

Ameliorate

Answer 1

to improve or make better.

Question 2

Aplomb

Answer 2

poise, great self confidence.

Question 3

Bombastic

Answer 3

pompous or overblown in language; full of big words meant to take attention away from lack of ideas.

Question 4

Callow

Answer 4

greenhorn, without experience, immature

Question 5

Drivel

Answer 5

N. saliva or mucus flowing from orfices, foolish aimless talk or thinking

V. to utter nonsense or let saliva flow

Question 6

Epitome

Answer 6

a summary or instance that represents a larger reality.

Question 7

Exhort

Answer 7

to urge someone strongly

Question 8

ex officio

Answer 8

because you hold a certain office, you get this

Question 9

infringe

Answer 9

to violate or go beyond recognized bounds.

Question 10

Ingratiate

Answer 10

to make yourself agreeable to another person and thus gain favor or acceptance from others

Question 11

interloper

Answer 11

one who comes in where they are not wanted

Question 12

intrinsic

Answer 12

belonging to someone or something solely based on the thing itself. Things hold intrinsic value.

Question 13

inveigh

Answer 13

violent attack with words

Question 14

lassitude

Answer 14

lack of energy

Question 15

Millenium

Answer 15

N. a period of one thousand years or a period of great joy

Question 16

Occult

Answer 16

Adj. mysterious, magical or supernatural or not detectable from ordinary means.

V. To hide conceal or eclipse

N. Matters involving the supernatural

Question 17

Permeate

Answer 17

to go all throughout something

Question 18

precipitate

Answer 18

V. To fall as moisture or to hurl down from a great height or to cause suddenly

N. Moisture or the product of an action or progress

Question 19

stringent

Answer 19

strict or severe, sharp or bitter

Question 20

surmise

Answer 20

V. To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to guess

N. Likely idea that lacks definite proof