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Ameliorate |
(v) to make a bad situation better or less harmful |
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Aplomb |
(n) in a confident and skilful way, especially when you have to deal with difficult problems or a difficult situation |
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Bombastic |
containing long words that sound important but have no real meaning |
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Callow |
(adj) young and without experience - used to show disapproval |
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Drivel |
(n) something that is said or written that is silly or does not mean anything (v) say or write something that is silly or does not mean anything |
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Epitome |
(n) the best possible example of something |
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Exhort |
(v) to try very hard to persuade someone to do something |
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Ex officio |
(adj, adv) a member of an organization is only a member because of their rank or position |
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Infringe |
(v) to do something that is against a law or someone's legal rights |
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Ingratiate |
(v) to try very hard to get someone's approval - used to show disapproval |
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Interloper |
(n) someone who enters a place or group where they should not be |
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Intrinsic |
(adj) being part of the nature or character of someone or something |
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Inveigh |
(v) to criticize someone or something strongly |
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Lassitude |
(n) tiredness and lack of energy or interest |
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Millennnium |
(n) a period of 1000 years |
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Occult |
(adj) magical and mysterious (n) mysterious practices and powers involving magic and spirits |
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Permeate |
(v) present in every part of it |
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Precipitate |
(v) make something serious happen suddenly or more quickly than was expected (adj) happening or done too quickly, and not thought about carefully (n) a solid substance that has been chemically separated from a liquid |
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Stringent |
(adj) law, rule, standard etc is very strict and must be obeyed |
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Surmise |
(v) to guess that something is true, using the information you know already (n) an idea that is probably true but has no proof |
