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Ameliorate (v)
- 1.
- to improve, make better, correct a flaw or
- shortcoming
- Antonyms:
- worsen, aggravate, exacerbate
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Aplomb (n)
- 1.
- poise, assurance, great self-confidence,
- perpendicularity
- Synonyms:
- Composure, self-possession, levelheadedness
- Antonyms:
- confusion, embarrassment, abashment
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Bombastic (adj)
- 1.
- pompous or overblown in language; full of
- high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
- Synonyms:
- inflated, highfalutin, high-flown,
- pretentious
- Antonyms:
- unadorned, simple, plain, austere
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Callow (adj)
- 1.
- without experience; immature, not fully
- developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
- Synonyms:
- green raw, unfledged, inexperienced
- Antonyms:
- mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated
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Drivel (n)
- saliva
- or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking;
- nonsense;
- Synonyms:
- balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot;
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Drivel (v)
- to
- let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste
- or fritter away foolishly
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Epitome (n)
- 1.
- a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
- Synonyms:
- abstract, digest, model, archetype
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Exhort (v)
- 1.
- to urge strongly, advise earnestly
- Synonyms:
- entreat, implore, adjure
- Antonyms:
- discourage, advise against, deprecate
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Ex officio (adj, adv)
- by
- virtue of holding a certain office
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Infringe (v)
- 1.
- to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized
- bounds
- Synonyms:
- encroach, impinge, intrude, poach
Antonyms: stay in bounds
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Ingratiate (v)
- 1.
- to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or
- acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
- Synonyms:
- cozy up to, curry favor with
- Antonyms:
- alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself
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Interloper (n)
- 1.
- one who moves in where s/he is not wanted or has
- no right to be, an intruder
Synonyms: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky
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Intrinsic (adj)
- 1.
- belonging to someone or something by its very
- nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
- Synonyms:
- immanent, organic
- Antonyms:
- extrinsic, external, outward
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Inveigh (v)
- 1.
- to make a violent attach in words, express
- strong disapproval
- Synonyms:
- rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate
- Antonyms:
- acclaim, glorify, extol
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Lassitude (n)
- 1.
- weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
- Synonyms:
- fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor
- Antonyms:
- energy, vitality, animation, liveliness
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Millennium (n)
- 1.
- a period of one thousand years; a period of
- great joy
- Synonyms:
- chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace
Antonyms: doomsday, Day of Judgment
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Occult (adj)
- mysterious,
- magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary
- means;
- Synonyms:
- supernatural, esoteric, abstruse,
- arcane
- Antonyms:
- mundane, common, public, exoteric
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Occult (v)
to hide, conceal; eclipse;
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Occult (n)
- 1.
- matters involving the supernatural
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Permeate (v)
to spread through, penetrate, soak through
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Precipitate (v)
- to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddently; to hurl down from a great
- height; to give distince form to;
- Synonyms:
- provoke, produce;
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Precipitate (adj)
characterized by excessive haste;
- Synonyms:
- reckless, impetuous
- Antonyms:
- wary, cautious, circumspect
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Precipitate (n)
- moisture;
- the product of an action or process
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Stringent (adj)
- 1.
- strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding
- or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
- Synonyms:
- stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
Antonyms: lenient, mild, lax,permissive
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Surmise (v)
to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess;
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Surmise (n)
likely idea that lacks definite proof
- Synonyms:
- inference, presumption
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