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27 Cards in this Set
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ameliorate
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V. to improve something or make it better.
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i am trying to ameliorate my education
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aplomb
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N. confidence, skill, poise, especially in difficult or challenging circumstancs
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she sood in aplomb in the middle of the stage
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bombastic
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Adj. language that is full of long or pretentious words, used to impress others
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she is being bombastic in fron of her friends
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drivel
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N. silly and irrelevant or inaccurate tlak
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he is always dreiveling in serious meetings
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epitome
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N. a highly representative examples of a type, class, or characteristic
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isn't she just the epitome of elegance?
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exhort
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V. to urge somebody strongly and earnestly to do something
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exhort your best abilities to acheive success
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interloper
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N. somebody who enters a place or joins a group or gathering without any right ot do so
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that lady back there is an interloper
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intrinsic
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Adj. belonging to something as one of the basic and essential elements that make it what it is
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the fram is intinsically beautiful
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inveigh
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V. to speak angrily in criticism of or protest at something
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he inveighed the remarks of the president
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lassitude
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N. a state of weariness accompanied by listlessness or apathy
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the patient complained of lassitude
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permeate
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V. to enter something and spread throughout it, so that every part or aspect of it is affected
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our thinking is permeated by our historical myths.
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stringent
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Adj. strictly controlled or enforced
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this society has been stringent about human rights
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surmise
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V. to conclude that something is the case on the basis of only limited evidence or intuitive feeling
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the surmise of this lesson id pretty short.
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abnominate
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V.to dislike and disapprove of somebody or something intensely
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your language is absolutely abominate
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acculturation
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N. a change in the cultural behavior and thinking of an individual or group through contact with another culture
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Saudi Arabia is expeirencing acculturation
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ascribe
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V. to believe or say that something was caused by something else that is named
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ascribed the defeat to a series of miscalculations
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circutious
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Adj. lengthly because very indirect
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the teacher uses cricutious to get to the point
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commiserate
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V. to express sympathy or sorrow
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I tried to commiserate with the family of the dead son
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expedite
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V. to ensure that something takes place or is dealt with more quickly than usually
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this country expedites their problems than any other country
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Inadvertent
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Adj. Done unintentionally or without thinking
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I am inadverttent when i am sleeping
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nominal
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Adj. acting or being something in name only but not in reality
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MaHe was a nominal reader, many people are nominal in movies
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peculate
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V. to appropiate money or property by embezzlement or theft
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some people peculate when they are stressed out
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sangfroid
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N. self-possession or calmness, especially in a dangerous or sressful situation
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my mom is always sangfroid in her problems
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seditious
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Adj. involving or encouraging rebellion, against a government or other authourity
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Being seditious may harm you alot
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tenuous
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Adj. not based on anything significant or substantial and so liable to break down easily when challenged
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thats an extremely tenuous argument
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Vitriolic
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Adj. filled with or expressing violent and bitter hatred twoard sombody or something
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many people right now are being vitriolic after 9/11
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Wheedle
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V. to coax or to try to persuad somebody to do something using flattery, guile, or other indirect means
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i had to wheedle her in to letting me get the shot
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