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20 Cards in this Set
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ameliorate |
-to improve, make better -mēl' |
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aplomb |
-poise, assurance, great self confidence -pläm' |
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bombastic |
-pompous or overblown in language -bas' |
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callow |
-without experience, immature, lacking sophistication, without feathers -kal' |
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drivel |
-saliva or mucus flowing from the nose or mouth, foolish, nonsense -driv' |
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epitome |
-summary, condensed account, an instance that represents a larger reality -pit' |
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exhort |
-to urge strongly -zort' |
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ex officio |
-by virtue of holding a certain office -fish' |
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infringe |
-to violate, trespass -frinj' |
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ingratiate |
-to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor and acceptance by others -gra' |
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interloper |
-one who moves in where he or she is not wanted, an intruder -in' |
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intrinsic |
-belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, originating in a bodily organ or part -trin' |
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inveigh |
-to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval -va' |
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lassitude |
-weariness of body or mind, lack of energy -las' |
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millennium |
-a period of one thousand years, a period of great joy -len' |
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occult |
-secret, hidden from view -kəlt' |
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permeate |
-to spread through, penetrate, soak through -pər' |
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precipitate |
-to fall as moisture, to hurl down, product of an action or process -sip' |
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stringent |
-strict, severe, sharp or bitter to the taste -strin' |
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surmise |
-to blindly think or believe, infer, assume -miz' |
