Hit Parade 1 Flashcards by Anna Eusebio | Brainscape

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Abscond

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steal off and hide, depart secretly

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Aberrant

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deviating from the norm

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Alacrity

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eager/enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly

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deviation from normal order, form or rule

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Apporbation

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expression of approval or praise

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Arduous

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strenuous, taxing

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Assuage

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ease or lessen, pacify

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Audacious

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daring and fearless, recklessly bold

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Austere

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without adornment, severely simple

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Axiomatic

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taken as a given, possessing self-evident truth

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Canonical

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following/in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

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Capricious

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incline to change one’s mind impulsively

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Censure

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criticize severely

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Chicanery

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trickery or subterfuge

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Connoisseur

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informed/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, set right

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Discordant

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conflicting, dissonant or harsh in sound

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Disparate

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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Effrontery

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extreme boldness, presumptuous

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Eloquent

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well-spoken, expressive

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Enervate

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weaken, lessen in vitality

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Ennui

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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate

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use ambiguous language with intent to deceive

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Erudite

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very learned, scholarly

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Exculpate

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clear of blame

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Exigent

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urgent, pressing, requiring immediate attantion

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Extemporaneous

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done without preparation

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Filibuster

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intentional block of legislation through extended speechmaking

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Fulminate

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loudly attack or denounce

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Ingenuous

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artless, lacking in sophistication

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Inured

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accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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Irascible

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easily angered

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Laud

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praise highly

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Lucid

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clear, easily understood

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Magnanimity

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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, concerned with the ordinary

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Nascent

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come into being, in early developmental stages

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Nebulous

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vague, cloudy, lacking a clearly defined form

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Neologism

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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, not clear in thought

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Obviate

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anticipate and make unnecessary

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Onerous

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troubling, burdensome

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Paean

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song or hymn of praise/thanksgiving

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Parody

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humorous imitation 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, treachery

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Perfunctory

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cursory, done without care or interest

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Perspicacious

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having keen discernment

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Prattle

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babble meaninglessly, idlely

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Precipitate (adj.)

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acting with excessive haste or impulse

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Precipitate (verb)

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cause or happen before anticipated or required

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Predilection

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disposition in favor of something

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Prescience

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foreknowledge of events before their occurring

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Prevaricate

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deliberately avoid the truth

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Qualms

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reservations, cause for hesitancy

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Recant

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retract (a previously held belief)

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Refute

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disprove, successfully argue against

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Relegate

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forcibly assign to a lower position

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Reticent

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quiet, reserved

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Solicitous

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concerned and attentive

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Sordid

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filthy

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Sporadic

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occurring only occasionally

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Squander

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waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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Static

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not moving, at rest

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Stupefy

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stun, baffle, amaze

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Stymie

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block, thwart

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Synthesis

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combination of parts to make a whole

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Torque

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force that causes rotation

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Tortuous

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excessively complicated, twisting

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Truculent

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eager to fight, fierce

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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

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Waver

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sway, be unsettled in opinion