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ameliorate
- v. to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
- syn: amend, better
- ant: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate
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aplomb
- n. poise, assurance, great self-confidence, perpindicular
- syn: composure, self-possession, levelheadness
- ant: confusion, embarassment, abashment
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bombastic
- adj. pompous or overblown in language, full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of idea
- syn: inflates, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious
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callow
- adj. without experience, immature, not fully developed, lacking sophistication and poise, without feathers
- syn: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
- ant: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated
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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
- syn: balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot, slaver
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epitome
- n. a summary, condensed account, an instance that represents a larger reality
- syn abstract, digest, model, archetype
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exhort
- v. to urge strongly, advise earnestly
- syn: entreat, implore, adjure
- ant: discourage, advise against, deprecate
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ex officio
- adj or adv. by virtue of holding a certain office
- like they are just given the role sort of
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infringe
- v. to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
- syn: encroach, impinge, intrude, poach
- ant: stay in bounds
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ingratiate
- v. to make oneself aggreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
- syn: cozy up to, curry favor with
- ant: alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself
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interloper
- n. one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or as no right to be, an intruder
- syn: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky
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intrinsic
- adj. belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent, originating in a bodily organ or part
- syn: immanent, organic
- ant: extrinsic, external, outward
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inveigh
- v. to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
- syn: rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate
- ant: acclaim, glorify, extol
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lassitude
- n. weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
- syn: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor
- ant: energy, vitality, animation, liveliness
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millennium
- n. a period of one thousand years, a period of great joy
- syn: chiliad, golden age, prosperitym peace
- ant: doomsday, day of judgement
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occult
- adj. mysterious magical, supernatural, secret, hidden from view, not dectetable by ordinary means
- v. to hide conceal, eclpise
- n. matters invloving the supernatural
- syn: supernatural, espteric, abstruse, arcane
- ant: mundane, common, public, exoteric
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permeate
v. to spread through, penetrate, soak through
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precipitate
- v. to fall as moisture, to cause or 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 progress
- syn: provoke, produce, reckless, impetuous
- ant: wary, cautious, circumspect
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stringent
- adj.strict, severe, rigorously or urgently binding or compelling, sharp or bitter to the taste
- syn: stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
- ant: lenient, mild, lax, permissive
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surmise
- v. to think or beleive without certain supporting evidence, to conjecture or guess
- n. likely idea that lacks definte proof
- syn: infer, gather, inference, presumption
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