Unit 2

6. to urge strongly, advise earnestly
10. a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
11. moisture; the product of an action or process
12. one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder
14. strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
18. saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense
19. to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
20. to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess

1. to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
2. poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
3. pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
4. likely idea that lacks definite proof
5. without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
7. belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
8. a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy
9. to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
13. weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
15. by virtue of holding a certain office
16. matters involving the supernatural
17. to spread through, penetrate, soak through