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Group 1 Flashcards

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Aberrant

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(Adj) - deviating from the norm

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Alacrity

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(N) - eager and enthusiastic willingness.

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Anomaly

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(N) - deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality.

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Approbation

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(N) - an expression of approval or praise.

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Arduous

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(Adj) - strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort.

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Assuage

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(V) - to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

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Audacious

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(Adj) - daring and fearless; recklessly bold.

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Austere

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(Adj) - without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

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Axiomatic

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(Adj) - taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth.

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Canonical

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(Adj) - following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards.

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Capricious

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(Adj) - inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable.

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Abscond

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(V) - to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide.

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Censure

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(V) - to criticize severely; to officially rebuke.

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Chicanery

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(N) - trickery or subterfuge.

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Connoisseur

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(N) - an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert.

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Convoluted

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(adj) - complex or complicated

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Disabuse

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(V) - to undeceive; to set right

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Discordant

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(adj) - fundamentally distinct or dissimilar.

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Effrontery

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(N) - extreme boldness; presumptiousness

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Eloquent

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(adj) - well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence).

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Enervate

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(V) - to weaken; to reduce in vitality.

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Ennui

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(N) - dissatisfaction and recklessness resulting from boredom or apathy.

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Equivocate

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(V) - to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent. (adj. form: equivocal)

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Erudite

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(adj) - very learned; scholarly (norm form: erudition)

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Exculpate

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(V) - exonerate; to clear of blame

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Exigent

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(adj) - urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention.

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Extemporaneous

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(Adj) - improvised; done without preparation.

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Filibuster

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(N) - intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action.

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Fulminate

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(V) - to loudly attack or denounce.

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Ingenuous

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(adj) - artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

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Inured

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(adj) - accustomed to accepting something undesirable.

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Laud

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(V) - to praise highly (adj form: laudatory)

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Irascible

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(adj) - easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts.

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Lucid

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(adj) - clear; easily understood

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Magnanimity

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(N) - the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving.

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Martial

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(adj) - associated with war and the armed forces.

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Mundane

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(adj) - of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary.

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Nascent

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(adj) - coming into being; in early developmental stages.

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Nebulous

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(adj) - vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form.

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Neologism

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(N) - a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses.

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Noxious

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(adj) - harmful, injurious.

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Obtuse

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(adj) - lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

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Obviate

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(V) - to anticipate and make unnecessary.

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Onerous

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(adj) - troubling; burdensome.

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Paean

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(n) - a song of praise or triumph; a thing that expresses enthusiastic praise.

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Parody

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(N) - a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art.

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Perennial

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(adj) - recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly.

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Perfidy

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(N) - intentional breach of faith (adj form: perfidious).

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Cursory

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(adj) - hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.

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Perfunctory

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(adj) - cursory; done without care or interest.

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Perspicacious

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(adj) - acutely perspective; having keen discernment.

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Prattle

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(V) - to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner.

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Precipitate

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(adj) - acting with excessive haste or impulse.

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Predilection

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(n) - a disposition in favor of something; preference.

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Precipitate

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(v) - to cause or happen before anticipated or required.

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Prescience

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(n) - foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring.

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Prevaricate

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(V) - to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead.

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Qualms

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(N) - misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy.

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Recant

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(V) - to retract, especially a previously held belief.

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Refute

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(V) - to disprove; to successfully argue against.

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Relegate

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(V) - to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position.

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Reticent

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(adj) - quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts or feelings.

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Solicitous

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(adj) - concerned and attentive; eager.

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Sordid

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(adj) - characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul.

Princton Hit Parade Group 1 (4 decks)

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