Unit 1 Flashcards
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Aplomb
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Poise, assurance, self-confidence, perpendicularity
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Ameliorate
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To improve
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Bombastic
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Overblown and high-sounding in language to cover up a lack of ideas
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Callow
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Immature or without experience, not fully developed, lacking sophistication and poise
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Drivel
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Saliva, mucus, aimless and/or childish talk or thinking
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Epitome
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The embodiment of, a condensed account, instance that represents a larger reality
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Exhort
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To urge strongly
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Ex officio
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By virtue of holding a certain office
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Infringe
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To violate or trespass
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Ingratiate
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Gain favor with others; brownnose.
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Interloper
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Intruder
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Intrinsic
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Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent
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Inveigh
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To express strong disapproval
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Lassitude
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Lack of energy
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Millennium
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1K years, new age of prosperity
