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| Ameliorate | (v.) to improve, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
| Aplomb | (n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence |
| Bombastic | (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
| Callow | (adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed |
| Drivel | (n.) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; (v.) to let saliva flow from the mouth or nose; to utter nonsense |
| Epitome | (n.) a summary, condensed account; and instance that represents a larger reality |
| Exhort | (v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
| Ex Officio | (adj.,adv.) by virtue of holding a certain office |
| Infringe | (v.) to violate, tresspass, go beyond recognized bounds |
| Ingratiate | (v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others |
| Interloper | (n.) one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
| Intrinsic | (adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature; originating in a bodily organ or part |
| Inveigh | (v.) To make a violant attack in words, express strong dissaproval |
| Lassitude | (n.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
| Millennium | (n.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy |
| Occult | (adj.) mysterious, magical, supernatural; not detecable by any means; (v.) to hide, conceal, eclipse, (n.) matters involving the supernatural |
| Permeate | (v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
| Precipitate | (v.) to fall as moisture; to hurl down from a great height, (adj.) characterized by excessive haste, (n.) moisture |
| Stringent | (adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling |
| Surmise | (v.) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof |
