12/10 vocab Flashcards
1
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full of hot air; given to rhetoric; all talk no action
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bombastic
2
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suck up; gain favor deliberately (often insincere)
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ingratiate
3
Q
a standard or typical example; model
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epitome
4
Q
coolness and composure under strain; poise
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aplomb
5
Q
spur on; encourage someone (with cheers)
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exhort
6
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a worthless message
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drivel
7
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complain bitterly; express complaints
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inveigh
8
Q
infer from incomplete evidence; deduce
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surmise
9
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something that comes from within; belonging to a thing by its very nature; inalienable
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intrinsic
10
Q
supernatural events, forces, or people collectively
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occult
11
Q
bring about abruptly; fall from the clouds
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precipitate
12
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a feeling of lack of interest or energy
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lassitude
13
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span of 1000 years
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millennium
14
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spread or diffuse through
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permeate
15
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improve; amend
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ameliorate
