| A | B |
|---|
| ameliorate | to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
| aplomb | poisen assurance, great self-confidence |
| bombastic | pompous or overblown in language |
| callow | without experience |
| drivel | saliva or mucus flowing form the mouth or nose |
| epitome | a summary, condensed account |
| exhort | to urge strongly |
| ex officio | by virtue of holding a certain office |
| infringe | to violate, trespass |
| ingratiate | to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others |
| interloper | one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be |
| intrinsic | belonging to someone or somehting by iths very nature |
| inveigh | to make a violent attack in words |
| lassitude | weariness of body or mind |
| millennium | a period of one thousand years |
| occult | matters involving the supernatural |
| permeate | to spread through, penetrate |
| precipitate | to fall as moisture |
| stringent | strict, severe |
| surmise | to think or believe without certain supporting evidence |
