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=﻿"Caluminate," Breschi= toc

‍ (v.) to slander; to accuse falsely and maliciously ‍‍ (syn.) defame, libel (ant.) flatter, whitewash, praise The athlete caluminated his coach after the difficult loss so the coach cut him from the team. (compound)

=“Aplomb,” Boozer= (n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity (syn.) composure, self-possession, levelheadedness (ant.) confusion, embarrassment, abashment The man showed great aplomb in dealing with the reporters. (simple)

="Bombastic," Burch= (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas (syn.) inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious (ant.) unadorned, simple, plain, austere The president's bombastic public speech did not address any of the problems that the country was facing. (complex)

="Ameliorate," Anderson= (v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming (syn.) amend, better (ant.) worsen, aggravate, exacerbate The purpose of Dr. Donovan's corrections is to ameliorate our writing. (simple)

(adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers (syn.) green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced (ant.) mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated The boys entered high school as callow freshman, but graduated as mature seniors. (complex)
 * "Callow," Byrd**

="Epitome" Caldwell= (n.) a summary, condensed account, an instance that represents a larger reality (syn.) abstract, digest, model, archetype She is the epitome of kindness. (simple)

="Exhort" Clancy=

(v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly (syn.) entreat, implore, adjure (ant.) discourage, advise against, deprecate I exhorted Claudius to get a job. (Simple)

="Infringe" Consoli= (v.) to violate, trespass, go be﻿yond recognized bounds (syn.) Encroach, impinge, intrude, poach (ant.) Stay in bounds The defensive lineman infringed upon the line of scrimmage before the football was snapped. (Complex) = =

="Intrinsic" Feehley= (adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part (syn.) immanent, organic (ant.) extrinsic, external, outward Generosity was an intrinsic part of her nature. (Simple)

= = = "Jaded" Dunseith ﻿= (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) (syn.) sated, surfeited, cloyed (ant.) unspoiled, uncloyed The man was so jaded from g﻿oing out to dinner all week, that he couldnt enjoy a simple pizza. (comp﻿ound)

=‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍﻿"Ingratiate" Dorsey ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ =

(v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes in a critical and derogatory sense) (syn.) cozy up to, curry favor with (ant.) alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself She ingratiated herself with the new group. (Simple)

=‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍"Ex Officio" Cohen =

(adj.,adv.) by virtue of holding a certain office The Attorney General is an ex officio member of the commission. (Simple)

= ﻿"Interloper" Dunseith = (n.) one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder (syn.) trespasser, meddler, buttinsky He was an interloper of the community. (Simple)

="Permeate" Pizza= (v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak through The odor of the decaying body permeated through the house. (Simple)

= "Surmise" Thompson = (v.) to think or believe without﻿ certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess (n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof (syn.) (v.) infer,gather; (n.) inference, presumption, The police man surmised that the man in the large coat was the criminal. (Simple)

="Stringent" Teclu= (adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste (syn.) stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative (ant.) lenient, mild, lax, permissive The stringent teacher was not liked by the class. (Simple)