Hit Parade 1.1 Flashcards
Aberrant
deviating from the norm
Alacrity
eager and enthusiastic willingness
Anomaly
Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality
Approbation
an expression of approval or praise
Arduous
strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort
Assuage
to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
Audacious
daring and fearless; recklessly bold
Austere
without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
Axiomatic
taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
Canonical
following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
Capricious
inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable
Censure
to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
Chicanery
trickery or subterfuge
Connoisseur
an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
Convoluted
complex or complicated
Disabuse
to undeceive; to set right
Discordant
conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
Disparate
fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
Effrontery
extreme boldness; presumptuousness
Eloquent
well-spoken, expressive, articulate
Enervate
to weaken; to reduce in vitality
Ennui
dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
Equivocate
to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
Erudite
very learned; scholarly
Exculpate
exonerate; to clear of blame
Exigent
urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
Extemporaneous
improvised; done without preparation
Filibuster
intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
Fulminate
to loudly attack or denounce
Ingenuous
artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
Inured
accustomed to accepting something undesirable
Irascible
easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
Laud
to praise highly
Lucid
clear; easily understood
Magnanimity
the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart,esp. in forgiving
Martial
associated with war and the armed forces
Mundane
of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
Abscond
To steal off and hide; to depart clandestinely