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9th Grade
09/01/2011

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Epitome
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(n) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
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Exhort
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(v) to urge strongly, advise earnestly
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Ex Officio
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(adj., adv.) By virtue of holding a certain office
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Infringe
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(v) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
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Ingratiate
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(v) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
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Ameliorate
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(v) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
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Apblomb
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(n) poise, assurance, great self confidence;perpendicularity
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Bombastic
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(adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
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callow
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(adj) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
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drivel
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(n) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; Nonsense; (v) to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle,; to waste or fritter away foolishly
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