Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 2

Question: ameliorate

Answer: (v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

Question: aplomb

Answer: (n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

Question: bombastic

Answer: (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

Question: callow

Answer: (adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

Question: drivel

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

Question: epitome

Answer: (n.) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

Question: exhort

Answer: (v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly

Question: ex officio

Answer: (adj., adv.) by virtue of holding a certain office

Question: infringe

Answer: (v.) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

Question: ingratiate

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