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20 Cards in this Set
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To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming.
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AMELLORATE
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Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity.
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APLOMB
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Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas.
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BOMBASTIC
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Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
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CALLOW
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(n.) Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; 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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DRIVEL
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A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
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EPITOME
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To urge strongly, advise earnestly
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EXHORT
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By virtue of holding a certain office.
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EX OFFICIO
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To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds.
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INFRINGE
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To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
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INGRATIATE
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One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder.
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INTERLOPER
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Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part.
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INTRINSIC
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To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval.
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INVEIGH
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Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy.
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LASSITUDE
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A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy.
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MILLENIUM
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(adj.) Mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (v.) to hide, conceal; eclipse; (n.) matters involving the supernatural.
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OCCULT
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To spread through, penetrate, soak through.
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PERMEATE
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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; (adj.) characterized by excessive haste; (n.) moisture; the product of an action or process.
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PRECIPITATE
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Strict, severe, rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste.
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STRINGENT
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(v.) To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof.
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SURMISE
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