VocabLevelFCh2
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| ameliorate | (v) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
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| aplomb | (n) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
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| bombastic | (adj) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
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| callow | (adj) without experience; immautre, not fully developed; lacking sophisticationand poise; without feathers
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| drivel | (n) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense (v) to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly
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| epitome | (n) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
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| exhort | (v) to urge strongly, advise earnestly
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| ex officio | (adj, adv) by virtue of holding a certain office
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| infringe | (v) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
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| ingratiate | (v) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
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| interloper | (n) one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder
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| intrinsic | (adj) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
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| inveigh | (v) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
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| lassitude | (n) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
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| millenium | (n) period of one thousand years; a period of great joy
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| occult | (adj) secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordineary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny (v) to hide, cover up; eclipse (n) matters involving the supernatural
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| permeate | (v) to spread through, penetrate, soak through
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| precipitate | (v) to fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to (adj) characterized by excessive haste (n) moisture; the product of an action or process
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| stringent | (adj) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
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| surmise | (v) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess (n) likely idea that lacks definite proof
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