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Hit Parade 1 Flashcards

1
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Abscond

A

To steal and hide off

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2
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Aberrant

A

Deviating from the norm

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3
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Alacrity

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Approbation

A

expression of praise

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5
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Arduous

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  • taxing

- requiring significant effort

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Audacious

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  • daring and fearless

- recklessly bold

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Austere

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  • bare
  • severely simple
  • ascetic
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8
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Axiomatic

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taken as given (self-evident truth)

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Canonical

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Following accepted, traditional standards

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10
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Chicanery

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Trickery or subterfuge

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11
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Connoisseur

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An informed and astute expert in matters of taste

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12
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Convoluted

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Complex or complicated

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13
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Disabuse

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To set right

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14
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Discordant

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  • conflicting

- dissonant or harsh in sound

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15
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Disparate

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Distinct or dissimilar

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16
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Enervate

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To weaken

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17
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Exculpatory

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exonerate (clear of blame)

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18
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Exigent

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  • urgent or pressing

- requires immediate attention

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19
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Extemporaneous

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  • improvised

- done without preparation

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20
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Filibuster

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Intentional obstruction: using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

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21
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Ingenuous

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  • honest and truthful (candid)

- lacking in sophistication

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22
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Irascible

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  • easily angered

- prone to outbursts

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23
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Laud

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(Verb) to praise highly

24
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Lucid

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  • clear

- easily understood

25
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Magnanimity

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To quality of being generously noble in mind and heart - esp forgiving

26
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Mundane

A

Typical or concerned with the ordinary

27
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Noxious

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Harmful, injurious

28
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Obviate

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To anticipate and make unnecessary

29
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Onerous

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Troubling, burdensome

30
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Paean

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A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

31
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Parody

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A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect

32
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Perfidy

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  • intentional breach of faith

- treachery

33
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Perfunctory

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  • cursory

- done without care or interest

34
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Perspicacious

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  • acute perception

- discernment

35
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Prattle

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To babble meaninglessly

36
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Precipitate (adj.)

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Acting with excessive haste or impulse

37
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Precipitate (verb)

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To cause before anticipated/required

38
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Prescience

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Knowing of events prior to their occurring

39
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Qualms

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  • misgivings
  • reservations
  • hesitations
40
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Recant

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To retract a previously held belief

41
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Refute

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  • to disprove

- to successfully argue against

42
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Relegate

A

To forcibly assign - esp. to a lower place/position

43
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Reticent

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  • quiet and reserved

- reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

44
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Solicitous

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  • concerned and attentive

- eager

45
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Sporadic

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Occurring only occasionally or in scattered instances

46
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Squander

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To waste by spending or using irresponsibly

47
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Static

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  • not moving, active or in motion

- at rest

48
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Stupefy

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To stun, baffle or amaze

49
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Stymie

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To block or thwart

50
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Synthesis

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The combination of parts to make a whole

51
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Tortuous

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  • winding, twisting

- excessively complicated

52
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Truculent

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  • fierce and cruel

- eager to fight

53
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Veracity

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Truthfulness; honesty

54
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Virulent

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  • extremely harmful or poisonous

- bitterly hostile or antagonistic

55
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Voracious

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  • Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit

- Ravenous

56
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Aphorism

A

A pithy observation that contains a general truth

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