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Ameliorate
v. to improve; make or become better
Approbation
n. approval; sanction
Avarice
n. greed for wealth
Depravity
n. state of behaving as if morally unsound or corrupt
Effrontery
n. impudent boldness; audacity
Embroider
v. to embellish (a narrative)
Euphonious (euphony)
adj. agreeable sound, esp. in the phonetic quality of words
Fathom
v. to determine the depth of; sound; to understand
Indigence
n. state of lacking the means of subsistence; impoverishment; quality of being needy
Nadir
n. a point on the celestial sphere diametrically opposite the zenith; the lowest point
Obsequious
adj. full of servile compliance, fawning
Perfunctory
adj. done or acting routinely with little interest or care
Repast
n. a meal or the food eaten or provided at a meal
Sequester
v. to remove or set apart; to withdraw into seclusion
Sycophant
(kiss up) n. one who tries to win favor or advance self by flattering persons of influence
Ubiquitous
adj. being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time
Zenith
n. point on a celestial sphere directly above the observer; any culmination or high point