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