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20 Cards in this Set
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Ameliorate |
To improve, to make better, correct a flow |
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Aplomb |
pose, assurance, great self confidence |
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Bombastic |
pompous or overblown in language; full of high sounding ideas |
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Callow |
immature, inexperienced, not fully developed |
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Drivel |
foolish, aimless talk or thinking, nonsense |
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Epitome |
Summary, condensed account or representation; represents a larger reality, perfect. |
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Exhort |
to strongly urge or adivse |
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Ex officio |
by virtue of holding a certain office |
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Infringe |
to violate, trespass, go beyond reconized bounds |
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Ingratiate |
to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favorable acceptance by others |
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Intrinsic |
belonging to someone or something by its very nature; essential, inherent. |
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Interloper |
intruder, one who moves in where he or she is not wanted |
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Inveigh |
to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
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Lassitude |
Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
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Millennium |
a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy |
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Occult |
mysterious, magical, supernatural |
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Permeate |
to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
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Precipitate |
to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; |
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Stringent |
Strict, severe, rigorous |
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Surmise |
to think or believe without supporting evidence to guess. |
