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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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n. poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
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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
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callow
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adj. without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
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drivel
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n. saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose (yikes); 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
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Epitome
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n. a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
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exhort
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v. to urge strongly, advise earnestly
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