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51 Cards in this Set
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Ameliorate
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(v) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
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Aplomb
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Synonyms: amend, better
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Bombastic
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Antonyms: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate
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Callow
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(n) Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularly
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Drivel
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Synonyms: composure, self-possession, level headedness
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Epitome
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Antonyms: confusion, embarrassment, abashment
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Exhort
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(adj) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
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Ex officio
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Synonyms: inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious
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Infringe
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Antonyms: unadorned, simple, plain, austere
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Ingratiate
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(adj) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
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Interloper
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Synonyms: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
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Intrinsic
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Antonyms: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated
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Inveigh
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(n) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless, talk or thinking; nonsense
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Lassitude
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Synonyms: balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot, slaver
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Millennium
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(n) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
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Occult
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Synonyms: abstract, digest, model, archetype
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Permeate
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(v) to urge strongly, advise earnestly
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Precipitate
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Synonyms: entreat, implore, adjure
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Stringent
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Antonyms: discourage, advise against, deprecate
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Surmise
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(adj, adv) by virtue of holding a certain office
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(v) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
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Synonyms: encroach, impinge, intrude, poach
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Antonyms: stay in bounds
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(v) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
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Synonyms: cozy up to, curry favor with
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Antonyms: alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself
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(n) one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder
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Synonyms: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky
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(adj) belonging to someone or something y its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
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Synonyms: immanent, organic
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Antonyms: extrinsic, external, outward
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(v) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
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Synonyms: rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate
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Antonyms: acclaim, glorify, extol
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(n) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
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Synonyms: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor
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Antonyms: energy, vitality, animation, liveliness
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(n) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy
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Synonyms: chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace
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Antonyms: doomsday, day of judgment
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(adj) mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means
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Synonyms: supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane
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Antonyms: mundane, common, public, exoteric
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(v) to spread through, penetrate, soak through
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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
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Synonyms: provoke, produce
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Antonyms: wary, cautious, circumspect
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(adj) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
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Synonyms: stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
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Antonyms: lenient, mild, lax, permissive
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(v) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess
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