Hit Parade 1 Flashcards
Abscond
To depart secretly
Aberrant
Deviating from the norm
Alacrity
Eager and enthusiastic willingness
Anomaly
Abnormality
Approbation
An expression of approval or praise
Arduous
Strenuous, requiring significant effort
Assuage
To ease or lessen
Audacious
Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
Austere
Bare or simple
Axiomatic
Taken as a given
Canonical
Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
Capricious
Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; unpredictable
Censure
To criticize severely
Chicanery
Trickery
Connoisseur
An expert
Convoluted
Complex or complicated
Disabuse
To undeceive; set right
Discordant
Conflicting; harsh in sound
Disparate
Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
Effrontery
Extreme boldness
Eloquent
Well-spoken
Enervate
To weaken
Ennui
Dissatisfaction or restlessness from boredom
Equivocate
To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
Erudite
Very learned; scholarly
Exculpate
Exonerate; to clear of blame
Exigent
Urgent
Extemporaneous
Improvised
Filibuster
Intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
Fulminate
To loudly attack or denounce