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Vocablist#02

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Ameliorate To improve, make better; correct flaw or shortcoming
Aplomb Poise, assurance, great self confidence, perpendicularity
Bombastic Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
Callow Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
Drivel Saliva or mucus flowing from mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; to waste or fritter away; utter childish nonsense
Epitome A clear model; Typical or ideal example
Exhort To urge strongly or advise earnestly
Ex officio By virtue of holding certain offic
Infringe To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
Ingratiate To make oneself agreeable to gain acceptance or favor by others
Interloper One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be; intruder
Intristic Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ part
Inveigh To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
Lassitude Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
Millennium A period of one thousand years; period of great joy
Occult Secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny; to hide, cover up; supernatural
Permeate To spread through, penetrate, soak through
Precipitate fall as moisture; bring about suddenly; hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; excessive haste; moisture
Stringent Strict,severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling, sharp or bitter to taste
Surmise To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess. idea lacking proof
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