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ameliorate
[uh-meel-yuh-reyt]
make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better

piffle
[pif-uhl]
nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk

libertine
[lib-er-teen, lib-er-tin]
a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility, especially in sexual matters; a person who rejects accepted opinions in matters of religion; a freethinker

precarious
[pri-kair-ee-uhs]
dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; insecure

crapulous
[krap-yuh-luhs]
given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating

endemic
[en-dem-ik]
natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous

jeremiad
[jer-uh-mahy-uhd]
a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint

proliferate
[pruh-lif-uh-reyt]
to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation

millefleur
[meel-flur]
having a background sprinkled with representations of flowers, as certain tapestries or pieces of glasswork

surmise
[ser-mahyz]
to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess

tautology
[taw-tol-uh-jee]
needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in "widow woman"

complicit
[kuhm-plis-it]
choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity

dowdy
[dou-dee]
not stylish; drab; old-fashioned

indissoluble
[in-di-sol-yuh-buhl]
not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed

cerulean
[suh-roo-lee-uhn]
deep blue; sky blue; azure

penumbra
[pi-nuhm-bruh]
the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off