| A | B |
|---|
| drivel | aimless talk or thinking; twaddle, hogwash |
| exhort | advise earnestly; to urge; to entreat |
| epitome | a summary; condensed account |
| aplomb | poise, great confidence; poise, assurance |
| bombastic | pompous or overblown language |
| ingratiate | to make oneself agreeable to gain favorable acceptance; to cozy up to |
| callow | without feathers; without experience |
| ameliorate | to improve, to make better |
| infringe | to violate, trespass |
| ex officio | by virtue of holding a certain office called upon to serve; by virtue of one's job |
| inveigh | to make a violent attack in words |
| interloper | an intruder |
| surmise | to conjecture or guess |
| stringent | strict, severe |
| intrinsic | essential; inherent |
| permeate | to spread through, penetrate; to pervade, saturate |
| occult | mysterious, magical; supernatural |
| millennium | a period of one thousand years; a golden age |
| lassitude | weariness of body or mind; fatigue, lethargy |
| precipitate | characterized by excessive haste |
