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| to improve, make batter, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
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| poise, assurance, great self-confidence |
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| pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
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| without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers |
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| saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish aimless talk or thinking |
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| a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
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| to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
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| by virtue of holding a certain office |
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| to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
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| to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes critical or derogatory) |
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| one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
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| belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part |
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| to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
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| weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
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| a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy |
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| mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view |
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| to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
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| to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; characterized by excessive haste |
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| strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste |
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| to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess |
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