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Level F Vocabulary Unit #2

Level F Vocabulary Unit #2. Focus Words. bombastic callow epitome. ingratiate occult surmise. bombastic= negative . bombastic. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bombastic. pretentious- http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pretentious pompous-

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Level F Vocabulary Unit #2

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  1. Level FVocabulary Unit #2

  2. Focus Words • bombastic • callow • epitome • ingratiate • occult • surmise

  3. bombastic= negative

  4. bombastic • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bombastic • pretentious- • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pretentious • pompous- • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pompous?s=t Origins Either from bombast (“padding, stuffing”), or from middle name of Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus), who often used extremely arrogant speaking style.

  5. Other Forms boasted bombastically-Adverb bombastical politician- Adjective

  6. callow=negative

  7. callow NoFeathers • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/callow?s=t Origins Old English calu ‘bald’; probably from Latin calvus ‘bald.’ This was extended to mean ‘unfledged,’ which led to the present sense ‘immature.’

  8. Other Forms comparative adjective: callower without feathers without hair (especially of a young person) inexperienced and immature

  9. epitome=positive

  10. epitome • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/epitome?s=t • abstract or digest

  11. Other Forms  plural noun: epitomes Origin: early 16th century: via Latin from Greek epitomē, from epitemnein ‘abridge,’ from epi ‘in addition’ + temnein ‘to cut.’

  12. ingratiate=negative

  13. ingratiate • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ingratiate

  14. Other Forms Ingratiatingadjective Ingratiatinglyadverb Ingratiationnoun Ingratiatoryadjective ingratiated, ingratiating transitive verb Origin: early 17th century: from Latin in gratiam ‘into favor,’ on the pattern of obsolete Italian ingratiare, earlier form of ingraziare.

  15. occult=negative

  16. occult • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/occult • esoteric http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/esoteric • abstruse -difficult to comprehend

  17. Other Forms oc·cult′ly- adverb oc·cult′ness- noun oc·cult·ed, oc·cult·ing, oc·cults- verb Origin: late 15th century (as a verb): from Latin occultare ‘secrete,’ frequentative of occulere‘conceal,’ based on celare ‘to hide’; the adjective and noun from occult- ‘covered over,’ from the verb occulere .

  18. surmise=negative

  19. surmise • http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surmise

  20. Other Forms verb: surmise; 3rd person present: surmises; past tense: surmised; past participle: surmised; gerund or present participle: surmising noun: surmise; plural noun: surmises Origin: late Middle English (in the senses ‘formal allegation’ and ‘allege formally’): from Anglo-Norman French and Old French surmise, feminine past participle of surmettre ‘accuse,’ from late Latin supermittere ‘put in afterward,’ from super- ‘over’ + mittere ‘send.’

  21. Your turn • Please visit vocabularyworkshop.com and, after you set up your account, you should explore the tools available to you. ***Please save your username and password for future units. • Wordnik You can explore the words in more depth here, with more pictures and real world examples of the words in context. • Quizlet • This is your homework for vocabulary. You are responsible for complete understanding of these words. Please review and practice!

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