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Ameliorate
- Verb
- to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
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Aplomb
- Noun
- assurance; great self-confiedence; perpendicularly, poise
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Bombastic
- Adj.
- pompous & overblown in language; ful of high-sounding words intending to conceal a lack of ideas
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Callow
- Adj.
- w/o experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication & poise; w/o feathers
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Drivel
- Noun
- saliva or mucus flowing from mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking
- -can be the act of saliva or mucus flowing from nose or act or aimless talking
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Epitome
- Noun
- a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
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Exhort
- Verb
- to urge strongly, advise earnestly
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Ex Officio
- Adj, Adv.
- by virtue of holding a certain office
- (usually used politically)
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Infringe
- Verb
- to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
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Ingratiate
- Verb
- to make oneself agreeable & thus gain favor or acceptance by others; kissing up
- (negative connotation)
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