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| to improve, make better, correct flaw or shortcoming |
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Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
SYN: composure, self possession, level-headedness |
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Pompous or overblown in language; full in high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
SYN: inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious |
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Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication & poise; without feathers
SYN: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced |
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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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| 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)
SYN: cozy up to, curry favor with |
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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
SYN: immanent, organic |
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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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(adj) myseterious, magical, supermarket; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means
(v) to hide, conceal; elipse
(n) 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
SYN: provoke, produce, reckless, impetuous |
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| strict, severe; rigorously or urgently |
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to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess
(n) likely idea that lacks definite proof |
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