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Ameliorate |
V. to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
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Aplomb |
N. poise, assurance; great self-confidence; perpendicularity |
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Bombastic |
Adj. pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
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Callow |
Adj. without experience immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers |
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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 |
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Epitome |
N. a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
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Exhort |
V. to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
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Ex officio |
Adj./Adv. by virtue of holding a certain office |
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Infringe |
V. to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
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Ingratiate |
V. to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others |
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Interloper |
N. one who moves in where he or she in not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
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Intrinsic |
Adj. belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part |
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Inveigh |
V. to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
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Lassitude |
N. weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
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Millennium |
N. a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy |
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Occult |
Adj. mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means - V. to hide, conceal, eclipse - N. matters involving the supernatural |
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Permeate |
V. to spread through, permeate, soak through |
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Precipitate |
V. to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height, to give distinct from to - Adj. characterized by excessive haste; - N. moisture; the product of an action or process |
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Stringent |
Adj. strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste |
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Surmise |
V. to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; - N. likely idea that lacks definite proof |
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