Hit Parade 1 Flashcards by Madison Bell | Brainscape

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abscond

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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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aberrant

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deviating from the norm

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alacrity

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eager and enthusiastic willingness

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anomaly

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deviation from the normal order

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approbation

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an expression of approval or praise

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arduous

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strenuous; requiring effort

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assuage

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to ease or lesson

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audacious

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daring and fearless

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austere

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without adornment; bare; simple

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canonical

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following traditional standards

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capricious

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inclined to change one’s mind impulsively

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censure

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to criticize severly

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chicanery

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trickery or subterfuge

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connosieur

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an informed and astute judge in matters of taste

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convoluted

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complex or complicated

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disabuse

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to undeceive; to set right

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disparate

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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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effrontery

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extreme boldness

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eloquent

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well spken

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enervate

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to weaken

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ennui

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dissatisfaction resulting from boredom

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equivocate

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to use ambiguous language

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erudite

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very learned; scholarly

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exculpate

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to clear of blame; exonerate

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exigent

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urget, pressing, requiring immediate action or attention

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extemporaneous

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improvised; done without preparation

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filibuster

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intentional obstruction to delay legistation

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fulminate

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to loudly attack or denounce

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ingenuous

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artless; frank and candid

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inured

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accustomed to accepting something undesireable

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irascible

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easily angered

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laud

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to praise highly

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lucid

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clear

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magnanimity

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the quality of being generously noble

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martial

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associated with war and the armed forces

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mundane

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of the world; ordinary

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nascent

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coming into being;

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nebulous

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vague; cloudy

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neologism

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a new word, expression, or usage

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noxious

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harmful, injurious

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obtuse

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lacking sharpness of intellect

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obviate

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to anticipate and make unnessesary

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oneruous

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troubling; burdensome

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paean

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a song or hymp of praise

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parody

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a humorous imitation intended for ridicule

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perennial

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recurrent through the year or many years

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perfidy

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intentional breach of faith

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perfunctory

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cursory; done without care or interest

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perspicacious

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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment

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prattle

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to babble meaninglessly

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precipitate

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acting with excessive haste or impluse

to cause or happen before anticipated

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predilection

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a disposition in favor of something; preference

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prescience

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foreknowledge of events

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prevaricate

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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

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qualms

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misgivings; reservations

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recant

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to retract, esp. a previously held belief

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refute

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to disprove; to successfully argue against

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relegate

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to forcible assign, esp. to a lower place or position

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reticent

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quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

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solicitous

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concerned and attentive

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sordid

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characterized by filth, grim, or squalor; foul

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sporadic

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occuring only occassionally

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squandor

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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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static

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not moving, active, or in motion

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stupefy

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to stun, baffle, or amaze

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stymie

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to blovk; to thwart

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synthesis

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the combination of parts to make a whole

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torque

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a force that cuases rotation

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tortuous

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winding, twisting; excessively complicated

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truculent

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fierce and cruel; eager to fight

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veracity

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truthfulness, honesty

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virulent

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extremely harmful or poisonous

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voracious

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having an insatiable appetite for an activity; ravenous

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waver

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to move to and fro; to sway