A word that you will in one of your essays with the intention of making your paper seem better than it actually. These word are either thought of as a good thing by your teacher as having the paper flow better or deemed as a feeble attempt at quasi-intellectualism. Such words include immense, mere, facetious, or fastidious.
An excerpt from the following English essay contains two booster words in it:
Holden was in an immense depression except for when the mere thought of his brother cheered him.
Holden was in an immense depression except for when the mere thought of his brother cheered him.
by Dang Lin Wang LXIX February 7, 2013