Question | Answer |
ameliorate | to improve, make better, correct a 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 the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly |
epitome | a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality. |
exhort | to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
ex officio | by virtue of holding a certain office |
infringe | to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
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, an intruder |
intrinsic | belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or 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; a period of great joy |
occult | mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; to hide, conceal; eclipse; matters involving the supernatural |
permeate | to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
precipitate | to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; characterized by excessive haste; mositure; the product of an action or process |
stringent | strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste |
surmise | to think or beleive without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof |