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20 Cards in this Set
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exofficio
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by virtue of holding a certain office
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infringe
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to viloteate trespass go beyond recognized bounds
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callow
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without feathers; without experience; immature, mot fully developed
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ameliorate
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to improve make better correct a flaw or shortcoming
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bombbastic
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pompus or overblowen in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
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ingratiate
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to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favorable aceptance by othersx
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epitome
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a summary condenced account; an instance that represents a larger reality
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aplomb
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poise assurance great self confidence perpendicularity
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exhort
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to urge strongly, advise earnestly
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drivel
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saliva mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense;
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to make a violent attack in words, express strong dissapproval
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inveigh
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to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess
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surmise
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belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent
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intrinsic
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mysterious, magtical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view;
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occult
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to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height;
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precipitate
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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;
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millennium
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to spread through, penetrate, soak through
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permeate
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strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling
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stringent
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an intruder, one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be
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interloper
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