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20 Cards in this Set
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ameliorate
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to improve, make better, correct
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aplomb
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poise, assurance, great self-confidence
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bombastic
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full of high-sounding words intended to conceal lack of ideas
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callow
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without experience, immature
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drivel
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saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking
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epitome
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summary, model
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exhort
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to urge strongly, advise earnestly
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ex officio
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by virtue of holding a certain office
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infringe
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to violate, trespass
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ingratiate
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to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others, cozy up to, curry favor with
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interloper
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one who moves in where he or she is not wanted and has no right to be, intruder
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intrinsic
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belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherant; orginating in a bodily organ or part
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inveigh
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to make violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
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lassitude
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weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
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millenium
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period of one thousand years, period of great joy
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occult
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mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view....matters involving the supernatural
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permeate
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pentrate, soak through
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precipitate
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to fall as moisture; characterized by excessive haste; moisture
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stringent
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scrict, severe, rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
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surmise
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to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; guess; infer
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