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20 Cards in this Set
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ameliorate
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to improve, make better
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aplomb
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poise, assurance, great self confidence
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bombastic
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pompous or overblown in language, full of high soudning words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
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callow
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without experience, immature, lacking sophistication and poise
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drivel
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foolish, aimless talking or thinking, nonsense
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epitome
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a summary, condensed account, an instance that represents a larger reality
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exhort
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to urge strongly, advise earnestly
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ex officio
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by virtue of holding a certain office
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infringe
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to violate,trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
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ingratiate
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to make onself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others
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interloper
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one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right o be, and intruder
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intrinsic
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belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent
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inveigh
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to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
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lassitude
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weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
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millennium
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a period of one housand years, a period of great joy
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occult
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mysterious, magical, supernatural, secret, hidden from view
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permeate
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to spread through, penetrate, soak through
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precipitate
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to cause or bring about suddenly, charracterized by excessive haste
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stringent
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srict, secere, rigorously or urgently binding
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surmise
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to think or believe without certain supporting evidence to conjecture or guess
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