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20 Cards in this Set
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To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
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Ameliorate
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Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
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Aplomb
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Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
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Bombastic
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Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
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Callow
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Saliva or mucus; foolish nonsense. (v) to utter nonsense
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Drivel
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A summary, condensed account
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Epitome
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To urge strongly
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Exhort
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By virtue of holding a certain office
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Ex officio
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To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
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Infringe
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To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others
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Ingratiate
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One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder
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Interloper
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Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
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Intrinsic
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To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
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Inveigh
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Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
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Lassitude
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A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy
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Millenium
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Mysterious, magical, supernatural, secret. (v) to hide (n) matters involving the supernatural
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Occult
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To spread through, penetrate, soak through
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Permeate
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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
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Precipitate
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Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
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Stringent
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(v) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n) likely idea that lacks definite proof
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Surmise
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