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20 Cards in this Set
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Ameliorate |
(Verb.) To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
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Aplomb |
(Noun.) Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity |
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Bombastic |
(Adjective.) Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
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Callow |
(Adjective.) Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers |
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Drivel |
(Noun.) Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; (Verb.) To let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to wste or fritter away foolishly |
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Epitome |
(Noun.) A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
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Exhort |
(Verb.) To urge strongly, advise earnestly |
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Ex officio |
(Adjective, Adverb.) By virtue of holding a certain office |
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Infringe |
(Verb.) To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
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Ingratiate |
(Verb.) To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense) |
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Interloper |
(Noun.) One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
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Intrinsic |
(Adjective.) Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part |
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Inveigh |
(Verb.) To make a violent attack in words, express strong disaproval |
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Lassitude |
(Noun.) Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
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Millennium |
(Noun.) A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy |
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Occult |
(Adjective.) Secret, hiddden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny; (Verb.) To hide, cover up; eclipse; (Noun.) Matters involving the supernatural |
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Permeate |
(Verb.) To spread through, penetrate, soak through |
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Precipitate |
(Verb.) To fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly; to hurl down from great height; to give distinct form to; (Adjective.) Characterized by excessive haste; (Noun.) Moisture; the product of an action or process |
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Stringent |
(Adjective.) Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste |
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Surmise |
(Verb.) To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess |