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Intrinsic
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Belonging to someone something by its very nature,
Essential Inherent |
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Precipitate
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To fall as moisture,
To cause or bring about suddenly, Charactized by excessive haste, Moisture, The product of an action or process |
Precipitate looks like precipitation, this is moisture that comes about suddenly
When your driving the moisture causes excessive haste (fast in speed) which causes a action |
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Callow
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Without experience,
Immature, Not fully developed Lacking sophistication,poise |
Callow rythmes with shallow or calLOW, when your shallow or Low your still immature and aren't developed fully yet and dont have poise
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Interloper
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One who moves in where he,she is not wanted or has no right to be,
An intruder |
Inter sounds like enter,
Loper is like the loop earring, it enters your ear, its not wanted and intrudes it |
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Ingratiate
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To make oneself agreeable and thus gains favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
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Gratiate looks like graditude, when you have graditude towards someone they begin to favor you and accept you
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Amerliorate
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To improve,
Make better, Correct a flow or shortcoming |
Amer-America
America tries to improve or make our lives better |
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Infringe
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To violate,
Trespass, Go beyond recognized bounds |
In the movie the Ring it trespass' their lives and goes beyond the bounds to scare them
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Lassitude
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Weariness of body and mind,
Lack of energy |
When you Lasso a cow it takes all your energy and makes your body and mind weary
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Ex Officio
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By virtue of holding a certain office
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Officio looks like office, when you hold a certain office
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Drivel
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Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose,
Foolish,aimless talk or thinking, nonsense Let saliva flow from mouth Udder nonsense Waster, fritter away foolishly |
Think that mucus drivels down from you mouth and nose.
When you start to drive you dont want to be foolishly and talk nonsense b/c you have to focuse |
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Surmise
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To think or believe without certain supporting evidence
To conjecture or guess Likely idea that lacks definite proof |
SurMISE
Mis the Evidence |
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Inveigh
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To make a vioent attack in words,
Express strong disapproval |
Inveigh sounds like envy, when you have envy towards someone you make violent attack with words to them and have disapproval towards them
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Occult
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Mysterious, magical, supernatural, sevret
Hidden from view, not detectable by ordinary means |
When you are in a cult it is very mysteious and magical and is hidden from others
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Permeate
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To spread through,
Penetrate, Soak through |
The smell of Meat spreads and soaks through the whole house penetrates your senses
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Millennium
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A period of one thousand years,
A period of great joy |
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Bombastic
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Pompous or overblown in language,
Full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
Drop the F Bomb. Overblown in language. When leaders talk about bombs they use high sounding words to cover up the lack of ideas
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Aplomb
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Poise,
Assurance, Great self-confidence |
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Epitome
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A summary
Condensed account, Instance that represents a larger reality |
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Stringent
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Strict, severe
Rigorously or urgently binding or compelling, Sharp or bitter to the taste |
String is bitter to the taste
Stringent kinda of sounds like sergent (military leader) they are strict and severe |
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Exhort
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To urge strongly,
Advise earnestly |
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