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Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Ameliorate | Verb, To improve, make better |
Aplomb | Noun, Poise, assurance, great self-confidence |
Bombastic | Adj, overblown language |
Callow | Adj, Without experience, immature |
Drivel | Noun, Saliva slowing from nose or mouth, foolish |
Epitome | Noun, A summary, instance that represents a longer reality |
Exhort | Verb, To urge strongly, advise |
Ex Officio | Adj, Holding a certain office |
Infringe | Verb, To violate, trespass |
Ingratiate | Verb, To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor by others |
Interloper | Noun, One who moves in where not wanted |
Intrinsic | Adj, Belonging to someone or something by its very nature; originating in a bodily organ |
Inveigh | Verb, To make a violent attack in words, express strong dissaproval |
Lassitude | Noun, weariness of body or mind lack of energy |
Millennium | Noun, One thousand years, a period of great joy |
Occult | Adj, Mysterious, magical |
Permeate | Verb, To spread or soak through |
Precipitate | Verb, To fall as moisture; hurl down from great height |
Stringent | Adj, Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling |
Surmise | Verb, To think or believe without certain proof |