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| to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
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| poise, assurance, great self-confidence, perpendicularity |
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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; nonsense; to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly |
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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 used in a critical or derogatory sense) |
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| one who moves in where her 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; not detectable by ordinary means; to hide, conceal; eclipse; matters involving the supernatural |
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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; to give distinct form to; characterized by excessive haste; moisture; the product of an action or process |
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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; likely idea that lacks definite proof |
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