Flashcards 2

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Ameliorate

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(v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

Synonyms: amend, better
Antonyms: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate

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Aplomb

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(n.) poise assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

Synonyms: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness
Antonyms: confusion, embarrassment, abashment

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Bombastic

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(adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

Synonyms: inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious
Antonyms: unadorned, simple, plain, austere

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Callow

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(adj.) without experience; immature not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

Synonyms: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
Antonyms: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated

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Drivel

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(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

Synonyms: (n.) balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot; (v.) slaver

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Epitome

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(n.) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

Synonyms: abstract, digest, model, archetype

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Exhort

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(v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly

Synonyms: entreat, implore, adjure
Antonyms: discourage, advise against, deprecate

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Ex officio

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(adj., adv) by virtue of holding a certain office

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Infringe

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(v.) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

Synonyms: encroach , impinge, intrude, poach
Antonyms: stay in bounds

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Ingratiate

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(v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in critical/derogatory sense)

Synonyms: cozy up to, curry favor with
Antonyms: alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself

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Interloper

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(n.) one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, and intruder

Synonyms: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky

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Intrinsic

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(adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part

Synonyms: immanent, organic
Antonyms: extrinsic, external, outward

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Inveigh

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(v.) to make violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

Synonyms: rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate
Antonyms: acclaim, glorify, extol

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lassitude

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(n.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

Synonyms: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor
Antonyms: energy, vitality, animation, liveliness

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millennium

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(n.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

Synonyms: chilled, golden age, prosperity, peace
Antonyms: doomsday, day of judgement

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occult

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(adj.) mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (v.) to hide, conceal; eclipse; (n.) matters involving the supernatural

Synonyms: (adj.) supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane
Antonyms (adj.) mundane, common, public, exoteric

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permeate

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(v.) to spread through penetrate, soaks through

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precipitate

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(v.) 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
Synonyms: provoke, produce, reckless, impetuous
Antonyms: wary, cautious, circumspect

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stringent

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(adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste

Synonyms: stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
Antonyms: lenient, mild, tax, permissive

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surmise

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(v.) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n) likely idea that lacks definite proof

Synonyms: infer, gather; inference, presumption