Vocab Unit 2 words 1-10

to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

• epitome

• ameliorate

• callow

• ingratiate

poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

• drivel

• bombastic

• exhort

• aplomb

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

• bombastic

• ameliorate

• ex officio

• infringe

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

• drivel

• ingratiate

• callow

• epitome

saliva or mucus flowing from mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense

• drivel

• aplomb

• ingratiate

• exhort

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

• callow

• ex officio

• epitome

• bombastic

to urge strongly, advise earnestly

• infringe

• ameliorate

• aplomb

• exhort

by virtue of holding a certain office

• ex officio

• drivel

• epitome

• ingratiate

to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

• exhort

• infringe

• ameliorate

• callow

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

• exhort

• bombastic

• amerliorate

• ingratiate