Hit Parade 1 Flashcards
Assuage
(verb)
To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
(E) To assuage her temper, they decided to give her food.
Approbation
(noun)
An expression of approval or praise
(E) They received her work with approbation and applause.
Abscond
(verb)
To depart clandestinely; to steal off & hide
(E) They decided to abscond from the party
Convoluted
(adj.)
Complex or complicated
Arduous
(adj.)
Strenuous, taxing, requrimg significant effort
(E) Migrating from one country to another is an arduous task.
Alacrity
(noun)
Eager & enthusiastic willingness
(E) They decided to face the feat of taking the board examinations with alacrity
Eloquent
(adj.)
Well-spoken, expressive, articulate
Aberrant
(adj.)
Deviating from the norm - noun form: aberration
(E) Not partaking in the Instagram culture is aberrant behavior
Anomaly
(noun)
Deviation from normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous)
(E) Tadao Ando’s concrete box house in the middle of a traditional village was seen as an anomaly.
Censure
(verb)
To criticize severely; to officially rebuke
Audacious
(adj.)
Daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity)
(E) Audacious behavior would be needed for
Effrontery
(noun)
Extreme boldness; presumptuousness
Enervate
(verb)
To weaken, to reduce in vitality
Capricious
(adj.)
Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable
Chicanery
(noun)
Trickery or subterfuge
Ennui
(noun)
Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
Equivocate
(verb)
To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
Erudite
(adj.)
Very learned; scholarly (noun form: erudition)
Exculpate
(verb)
Exonerate; to clear of blame
Exigent
(adj.)
Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action and attention
Extemporaneous
(adj.)
Improvised; done without preparation
Filibuster
(noun)
Intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
Fulminate
(verb)
To loudly attack or denounce
Ingenuous
(adj.)
Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
Inured
(adj.)
Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
Irascible
(adj.)
Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
Laud
(verb)
To praise highly (adj. form: laudatory)
Lucid
(adj.)
Clear; easily understood
Magnanimity
(noun)
The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (adj. form: magnanimous)
Martial
(adj.)
Associated with war and armed forces
Mundane
(adj.)
Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
Nascent
(adj.)
Coming into being; in early developmental stages
Nebulous
(adj.)
Vague, cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
Obtuse
(adj.)
Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
Perfunctory
(adj.)
Cursory; done without care or interest
Discordant
(adj.)
Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
Prattle
(verb)
To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an emlty and idle manner
Precipitate
(adj.)
Acting with excessive haste or impulse
(verb)
To cause or happen before anticipated or required
Obviate
(verb)
To anticipate and make unnecessary
(E)
Obviate the risk of serious injury
Disparate
(adj.)
Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
Connoisseur
(noun)
An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
Onerous
(adj.)
Troubling or burdensome
Austere
(adj.)
Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
Paean
(noun)
A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
Parody
(noun)
A humurous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art
Perennial
(adj.)
Recurrent through the year or many years; occuring repeatedly
Predilection
(noun)
A disposition in favor of something; preference
Prescience
(noun)
Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occuring (adj. form: prescient)
Prevaricate
(verb)
To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
Qualms
(noun)
Misgivings; resevations; causes for hesitancy
Recant
(verb)
To retract a previously helf belief
Refute
(verb)
To disprove; to successfully argue against
Relegate
(verb)
To forcibly assign, esp. to lower place or position
Reticent
(adj.)
Quiet, reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
Sporadic
(adj.)
Occurring only ocassionally, or in scattered instances
Static
(adj.)
Not moving, not active or in motion; at rest
Disabuse
(verb)
To undeceive; to set right
Stymie
(verb)
To block; to thwart
Tortuous
(adj.)
Winding, twisting; excessively complicated
Voracious
(adj.)
Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
Squander
(verb)
To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
Perspicacious
(adj.)
Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)
Perfidy
(noun)
Intentional breach of faith, treachery (adj. noun: perfidious)
Synthesis
(noun)
The combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)
Axiomatic
(adj.)
Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)
Neologism
(noun)
A new word or expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or sense
Truculent
(adj.)
Fierce and cruel; eager to fight
Virulent
(adj.)
Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
Waver
(verb)
To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
Torque
(noun)
The force that causes rotation
Veracity
(noun)
Truthfulness, honesty
Canonical
(adj.)
Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
Stupefy
(verb)
To stun, baffle or amaze
Solicitous
(adj.)
Concerned and attentive; eager
Sordid
(adj.)
Characterized by filth, grime or squalor; foul
Noxious
(adj.)
Harmful, injurious
