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ameliorate (v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming aplomb (n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity bombastic (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas callow (adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers drivel (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 epitome (n.) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality exhort (v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly ex officio (adj., adv.) by virtue of holding a certain office infringe (v.) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds ingratiate (v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense) interloper (n.) one who moves in where he or she in not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder intrinsic (adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part inveigh (v.) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval lassitude (n.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy millennium (n.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy occult (adj.) mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (v.) to hide, conceal; eclipse; (n.) matters involving the supernatural permeate (v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak though precipitate (v.) to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height, to give distinct form to; (adj.) characterized by excessive haste; (n.) moisture; the product of an action or process stingent (adj.) strict, severel rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste surmise (v.) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof