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to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
S: amend, better
A: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate
ameliorate (v.)
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poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perdicularity
S: composure, self-possession. levelheadedness
A: confused, embarrasment, abashment
aplomb (n.)
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pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
S: inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious
A: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated
bombastic (adj.)
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without experience; immature, not fully developed: lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
S: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
A: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated
callow (adj.)
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saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense
to let sliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolish
S:balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot; slaver
drivel (n.) (v.)
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a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
S: abstract, digest, model, archetype
epitome (n.)
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to urge strongly, sdvise earneslty
S: entreat, implore, adjure
A: discourage, sdvise against, deprecate
exhort (v.)
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by vertue of holding a certain office
ex officio (adj. adv.)
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to violate, trespass, fo beyond recgonized bounds
S: encrouch, impinge, intrude, poach
A: stay in bounds
infringe (v.)
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to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others
S: cozy up to, curry favor with
A: alienated, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself
ingratiate (v.)
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one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder
S: tresspasser, meddler, buttinsky
interloper (n.)
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belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
S: immanent, organic
A: extrinsic, external, outward
intrinsic (adj.)
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to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
S: rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate
A: acclaim, glorify, extol
inveigh (v.)
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weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
S: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor
A: acclaim, glorify, extol
lassitude (n.)
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a period of one thousand years, a period of great joy
S: chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace
A: doomsday, day of judgement
millennium (n.)
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mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means
matter involving the supernatural
S: supernatural, esoteric, abstruce, arcane
A: mundane, common, public, exoteric
occult (adj.)
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to spread through, penetrate, soak through
permeate (v.)
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to fall as poisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height to give distinct for to
characterized by excessive haste
moisture; the product of an action or process
S: provoke, produce; reckless
A:; wary, cautious, circumspect
precipitate (v.) (n.)
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strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
S: stern rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
A: lenient, mild, lax, permissive
stringent (adj.)
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to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess
likely idea that lacks definite proof
S: infer, gather; inference, presumption
surmise (v.) (n.)
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