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Hit Parade 1 Flashcards

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Aberrant

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(adj) deviating from the norm

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Abscond

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To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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Alacrity

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(noun) eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Approbation

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(noun) An expression of approval or praise

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Axiomatic

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(adj) taken as a given; possessing self evident truth

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Capricious

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(adj) inclined to change ones mind impulsively; erratic ; unpredictable

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Chicanery

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(noun) trickery

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Ennui

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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Erudite

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Very learned ; scholarly

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Fulminate

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To loudly attack or denounce

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Irascible

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Easily angered ;prone to temperamental outbursts

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Nascent

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Coming into being ;in early development stages

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Perennial

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Recurrent throughout the year happening repeatedly

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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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Acutely perceptive having keen discernment

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Prattle

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To babble meaninglessly to talk in an empty and Idle manner

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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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Forknowledge of events knowing of events prior to their occurring

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Prevaricate

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To deliberately avoid the truth to mislead

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Sordid

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Characterized by filth grime or squalor foul

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Stupefy

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To stun baffle or amaze

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Stymie

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To block to thwart

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Torque

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A force that causes rotation

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Virulent

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Extremely harmful or poisonous bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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Relegate

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To forcibly assign esp to a lower place or position

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Nebulous

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Vague cloudy

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Alacrity

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Qualms

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Misgivings reservations causes for hesitancy

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Recant

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To retract

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Squander

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To waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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Static

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Not moving

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Synthesis

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The combination of parts to make a whole

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Refute

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To disprove to argue against

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Laud

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To praise highly

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Discordant

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Conflicting harsh in sound

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Disparate

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Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Anomaly

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Deviation from the norm

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Canon

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Established set of principles usually religious

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Bucolic

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Rural and pastoral

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Incipient

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Beginning to come into being

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Putrefying

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Rot

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Adulterate

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To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Dissemble

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To disguise or conceal; to mislead

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Hegemony

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The consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others

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Imperturbable

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Marked by extreme calm

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Pirate

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To illegally use or reproduce

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Pith

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The essential or central part

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Querulous

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Prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish

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Surfeit

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Excess

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Decorum

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Polite appropriate behavior

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Maverick

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Independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

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Neophyte

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A recent convert; a beginner

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Quixotic

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Foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals

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Recondite

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Hidden; concealed; difficult to understand

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Sedulous

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Diligent; persistent; hard working

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Spendthrift

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Spends money wastefully

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