english vocab Flashcards

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ameliorate

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to improve, make better

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aplomb

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assurance, great self confidence

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bombastic

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overblown in language, full of high-sounding words

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callow

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immature, not fully developed

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drivel

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saliva or mucus, foolish, nonsense

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epitome

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a summary

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exhort

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urge strongly

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ex officio

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holding a certain office

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infringe

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violate, trespass

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ingratiate

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to make oneself agreeable

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interloper

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intruder

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intrinsic

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someone or something by its very nature

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inveigh

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violent attack in words, strong disapproval

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lassitude

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lack of energy

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millennium

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one thousand years

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occult

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mysterious, magical, secret

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permeate

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spread through, soak through

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precipitate

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to fall as moisture

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stringent

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strict

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surmise

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believe without certain supporting evidence, to guess, lacks definite proof