Unit 2- Set B

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 Vocabulary list Unit 2
Set A Set B
 APLOMB  Ameliorate
 BOMBASTIC  Callow
 EPITOME  Drivel
 EXHORT  Ex officio
 INGRATIATE  Infringe
 INTRINSIC  Interloper
 INVEIGH  Lassitude
 MILLENNIUM  Occult
 PRECIPITATE  Permeate
 STRINGENT  Surmise
 Ameliorate (v.)

Ameliorate your singing by taking a few vocal lessons.

A hot meal can ameliorate the discomforts of even the coldest day.
Ameliorate (verb)

 make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.

 To improve , make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

 Synonyms: amend, better, enhance, enrich, help, improve.

 Antonyms: damage, harm, hurt
Callow (adj.)

 Since the callow baker was new to cake decorating, she did not know how to properly
frost the multi-layer cake.
 A story about a callow youth who learns the value of hard work and self-reliance.
 They entered the army as callow recruits and they left as seasoned veterans.
Callow (adj.)
 Definition:
 Without experience; immature, not fully developed
 Lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

 Synonyms: adolescent, green, immature, inexperienced, juvenile.

 Antonyms: knowing, savvy, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise

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Drivel (Noun)

 The gnawed bone was covered in drivel.

 We kept silent and let him drivel on.
Drivel noun

 Definition:
 Language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense that
critic's reviews are nothing but self-important.
 Synonyms: absurdity, asininity, fatuity, foolery, idiocy, imbecility.
 Antonyms: levelheadedness, rationality, reasonability.
 Ex officio (adj.- Adv.)
 When Janice became the prime minister’s wife, she became an ex officio
member of the government.

 The president is the ex officio commander-in–chief of the armed forces in time

of war.
 Ex officio (adj.- Adv.)
 Definition: by virtue or
because of an office position.
 Synonyms: authoritative, Canonical, certified,
licensed
 Antonyms: unauthorized, unofficial, Unsanctioned,
illegal, illegitimate

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 Infringe (v.)

 Having that much work to do at home will only infringe upon my time
with my family.

 If you infringe on my responsibilities, will you also take the blame for
any mistakes?
Infringe (v.)

 Definition: To encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of

another.
 To trespass upon something

 Synonyms: breach, break, Violate, err, fall, offend, sin.

 Antonyms: forgive, justify, pardon
Interloper (n.)

 Eager to see the band perform, the crowd resented the opening singer as an interloper.

 "Japanese consumers have in the past been unreceptive to foreign interlopers in the cell
phone market
 Interloper (n.)
 Definition:
 One who moves in where he/she wants is not wanted or has no
right to be.
 An intruder.
 a person who becomes involved in a place or situation where
they are not wanted or are considered not to belong.
 Synonyms: interferer, intermeddler, intruder
Antonyms: N/A

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Lassitude (N.)
 On some days I am overcome by lassitude at the thought of so many more
years of schooling.
 After the long race, Jack experienced a feeling of lassitude.
 Our lassitude was such that we couldn't even be bothered to get more soda
from the fridge.
lassitude (n.)

 Definition: weariness of body and mind, lack of

energy.

 Synonyms: burnout, collapse, exhaustion, fatigue.

 Antonyms: drive, energy, liveliness,
 Occult (Noun/verb)
 The sun was occulted by the planet.
 Much of his talk out the occult seems grounded in nothing
but trick photography and folklore
 Occult (v.)
 Definition: being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or
explain.
 To become hidden from view; not detectable

 Synonyms: mysterious, mystic, uncanny

 Antonyms: fathomable, intelligible, understandable.

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 Permeate (v.)
 The light will permeate through the curtain when the sun
rises.
 When the skunk’s spray began to permeate the car, my sister
and I jumped out the vehicle and ran down the road.
Permeate (v.)

 Definition:
 topass or spread through, penetrate, soak
through.
 Synonyms: pervade, riddle, transfuse

 Antonyms: N/A
 Surmise (v.)
 I cannot be sure, but I surmise that she would not accept my
apology even if I made it on my knees.
 Because Helen is so dark, we can only surmise she spends a great
deal of time in a tanning bed.
 The police had no proof, nothing to go on but a suspicion, a mere
surmise.
 Surmise (verb)
 Definition: To guess that something is true
 an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence

 Synonyms: hypothesis, hypothetical, theory, Thesis, dead reckoning, guessing

 Antonyms: demonstrate, document, establish, prove

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Let’s Recap what we have covered today

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