Vocab Unit 2 Level F

(noun) To improve, make better; create a flaw, shortcoming; SYN: improve, amend, better, enhance ANT: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate; EX: Creon’s last words could not ameliorate the situation.

(noun) Complete and confident composure and self-confidence; poise; SYN: equanimity, calmness, collectedness, composednessANT: confusion, abashment, discomposure, perturbation; EX: Some people are able to handle the most stressful of situations with the utmost aplomb.

(adjective) Full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas; pompous or overblown in language; SYN: rhetorical, highfalutin, inflated ANT: unadorned, simple, plain

(adjective) Lacking adult sophistication; Immature; Without experience, lacking sophistication and poise; SYN: adolescent, inexperienced, juvenile ANT: Adult, experienced, ripe, mature, polished, sophisticated EX: On the T in Boston we were annoyed by the callow children screaming and playing.

(verb/noun) Foolish, aimless talk or thinking; To talk stupidly and carelessly; SYN: twaddle, balderdash, hogwash ANT: to talk sense, trenchant (comments) EX: After 3 hours of listening to the drivel, I was so happy when another adult showed up.

(noun) A summary of a written work; an instance that represents a larger reality; SYN: abstract, digest; a model, archetype ANT: N/A EX: There are chivalrous acts that we think of as the epitome of chivalry.

(verb) advise earnestly; to urge strongly; SYN: implore, abjure, encourage, urge, goad ANT: discourage, advise against, deprecate EX: The captain exhorted the team members to give their best effort.

(adverb/adjective) By virtue or because of an office; SYN: N/A ANT: N/A

(verb) To encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another; encroach; SYN: breach, break, contravene ANT: defer (to), serve, submit (to)

(verb) To gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort —usually used with with; SYN: N/A ANT: N/A

(noun) An illegal or unlicensed trader; one that intrudes in a place or sphere of activity; SYN: buttinski, busybody, interferer ANT: N/A

(adjective) Belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing; originating or due to causes within a part, body, or organ; SYN: built-in, constitutional, essential

(verb) To protest or complain bitterly or vehemently; SYN: bleak, bellyache, bleat ANT: crow, delight, rejoice

(noun) A condition of weariness or debility; a condition of listlessness; SYN: burnout, collapse, exhaustion ANT: refreshment, rejuvenation, revitalization