| A | B |
|---|
| ameliorate | to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming (amend/better) |
| apolmb | poise, assurance, great sself confidence; perpendicularity (composure/self-possesion/levelheadedness) |
| bombastic | pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas (inflated, highfalutin) |
| callow | without experience; immature; not fully developed; lacking sohistication and poise; without feathers (green/raw/unfledged/inexperienced) |
| drivel | saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense (hogwash) |
| epitome | a summary condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality (abstract/digest/model) |
| exhort | to urge strongly, advise earnestly (entreat/implore/adjure) |
| ex officio | by virtue of holding a certain office |
| infringe | to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds (encroach/impinge/intrude/poach) |
| ingratiate | to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense) |
| interloper | one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
| intristic | belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part (immanent/organic) |
| inveigh | to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval (rail/harangue/remonstrate) |
| lassitude | weariness of body or mind, lack of energy (fatigue/lethargy) |
| millenium | a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy (golden age) |
| occult | mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; to hide or conceal; matters involving the supernatural (supernatural) |
| permeate | to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
| precipitate | to fall as moisture; cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; characterized by excessive haste (provoke/reckless) |
| stringent | strict, severe, rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste |
| surmise | to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof |
