Beyond the Hit Parade Group 1 Flashcards

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Alloy Part of Speech

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Verb

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Appropriate Part of Speech

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Arrest[ing] Part of Speech

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Adj

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August Part of Speech

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Bent Part of Speech

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Noun

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Alloy

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To commingle
To debase by mixing with something inferior
(Unalloyed = pure)

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Appropriate

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To take for one’s own use

To confiscate

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Arrest[ing]

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To suspend
To engage
Holding one’s attention as in arrested adolescence, an arresting portrait

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August

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Majestic, venerable

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Bent

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Leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

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Broach Part of Speech

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Brook Part of Speech

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Cardinal Part of Speech

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Chauvinist Part of Speech

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Noun

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Color Part of Speech

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Consequential Part of Speech

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Damp Part of Speech

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Die Part of Speech

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Essay Part of Speech

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Exact Part of Speech

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Fell Part of Speech

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Verb

Adj

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Flag Part of Speech

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Flip Part of Speech

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Ford Part of Speech

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Grouse Part of Speech

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Guy Part of Speech

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Noun

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Intimate Part of Speech

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Lumber Part of Speech

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Meet Part of Speech

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Adj

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Milk Part of Speech

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Mince Part of Speech

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Verb

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Nice Part of Speech

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Adj

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Occult Part of Speech

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Adj

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Pedestrian Part of Speech

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Adj

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Pied Part of Speech

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Adj

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Pine Part of Speech

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Plastic Part of Speech

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Pluck Part of Speech

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Noun

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Prize Part of Speech

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Rail Part of Speech

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Verb

41
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Broach

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To bring up
To announce
To begin to talk about

42
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Brook

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To tolerate
To endure
To countenance

43
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Cardinal

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Major, as in cardinal sin

44
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Chauvinist

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A blindly devoted patriot

45
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Color

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To change is if by dyeing

To distort, gloss, or affect (usually the first)

46
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Consequential

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Pompous, self-important
Logically following
Important

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Damp

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To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound

48
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Die

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A tool used for shaping

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Essay

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To test or try
To attempt
To experiment

50
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Exact

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To demand
To call for
To require
To take

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Fell (verb)

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To cause to fall by striking

52
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Fell (adj)

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Inhumanly cruel

53
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Flag

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To sag or droop
To become spiritless
To decline

54
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Flip

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Sarcastic, impertinent

55
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Ford

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To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

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Grouse

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To complain or grumble

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Guy

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A rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide
To steady or reinforce using a guy

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Intimate

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To imply, suggest, or insinuate

59
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List

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To tilt or lean to one side

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Lumber

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To move heavily and clumsily

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Meet

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Fitting, proper

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Milk

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To exploit

To squeeze every last ounce of

63
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Mince

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To pronounce or speak affectedly
To euphemism, to speak too carefully
Take tiny steps
To tiptoe

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Nice

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Exacting, fastidious, extremely precise

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Occult

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Hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

66
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Pedestrian

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Commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian

67
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Pied

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Multicolored, usually in blotches

68
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Pine

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To lose vigor (through grief)

To yearn

69
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Plastic

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Moldable, pliable, not rigid

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Pluck

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Courage, spunk, fortitude

71
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Prize

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To pry, to press or force with a lever

Something taken by force, spoils

72
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Rail

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To complain about bitterly

73
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Rent Part of Speech

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Verb

74
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Quail Part of Speech

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Verb

75
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Qualify Part of Speech

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Verb

76
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Sap Part of Speech

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Verb

Noun

77
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Scurvy Part of Speech

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Adj

78
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Singular Part of Speech

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Adj

79
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Stand Part of Speech

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Noun

80
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Steep Part of Speech

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Verb

81
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Strut Part of Speech

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Noun

82
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Table Part of Speech

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Verb

83
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Tender Part of Speech

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Verb

84
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Waffle Part of Speech

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Verb

85
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Wag Part of Speech

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Noun

86
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Rent

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Torn

An opening or tear caused by such

87
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Quail

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To lose courage

To turn frightened

88
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Qualify

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To limit

89
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Sap (verb)

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To enervate or weaken the vitality of

90
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Sap (noun)

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A fool or nitwit

91
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Scurvy

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Contemptible, despicable

92
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Singular

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Exceptional, unusual, odd

93
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Stand

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A group of trees

94
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Steep

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To saturate or completely soak, as in to let a tea bag steep

95
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Strut

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The supporting structural cross-part of a wing

96
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Table

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To remove from consideration

97
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Tender

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To proffer or offer

98
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Waffle

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To equivocate

To change one’s position

99
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Wag

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Wit, joker