Hit Parade 2 Flashcards by Muhammad Khadafi | Brainscape

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Abate (v.)

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To lessen in intensity

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Accolade (n.)

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An expression of praise

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Adulation (n.)

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Excessive praise

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Aesthetic (adj.)

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Responsive to art or the beautiful

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Ameliorate (adj.)

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To make better

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Ascetic (n.)

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One who practice self-denial (act of religious devotion)

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Avarice (n.)

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Greed

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Axiom (n.)

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A universally recognised principle

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Burgeon (v.)

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To grow rapidly; flourish

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Bucolic (adj.)

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Rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas

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Cacophony (n.)

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Harsh; jarring; discordant sound

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Canon (n.)

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Established set of principles

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Castigation (n.)

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Severe criticism; punishment

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Catalyst (n.)

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A person or a thing that causes change

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Caustic (adj.)

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Burning; causing corrosion

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Chary (adj.)

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Wary; cautious

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Cogent (adj.)

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Appealing forcibly to the mind; convincing

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Complaisance (n.)

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Willingness to comply with wishes of others

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Contentious (adj.)

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Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing disagreement

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Contrite (adj.)

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Regretful; seeking forgiveness

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Culpable (adj.)

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Deserving blame

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Dearth (n.)

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smallness of quantity; scarcity

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Demur (v.)

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To question; oppose

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Didactic (adj.)

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Intendes to teach or instruct

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Disinterested (adj.)

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Free of bias or self-interest; impartial

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Dogmatic (adj.)

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Expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved principle

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Ebullience (n.)

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Quality of lively expression of feelings

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Electic (adj.)

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Composed of elements drawn from various sources

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Elegy (n.)

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A mournful poem

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Emollient (adj.)

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Soothing (to the skin)

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Empirical (adj.)

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Based on observation or experiment

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Enigmatic (adj.)

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Mysterious; difficult to understand

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Ephemeral (adj.)

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Brief; fleeting

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Eulogy (n.)

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A speech honouring the dead

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Exonerate (adj.)

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To remove blame

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Facetious (adj.)

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Playful; humorous

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Fallacy (n.)

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An invalid notion; mistaken belief

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Furitive (adj.)

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Marked by stealth; covert

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Gregarious (adj.)

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Sociable; outgoing

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Harangue (n.)

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A long, pompous speech

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Heretical (adj.)

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Violating accepted dogma

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Hyperbole (n.)

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An exaggerated statement

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Impecunious (adj.)

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Lacking funds; without money

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Incipient (adj.)

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Beginning to come into being

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Inert (adj.)

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Unmoving; sluggish

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Innocuous (adj.)

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Harmless

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Intransigent (adj.)

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Refusing to compromise

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Inveigle (v.)

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To obtain by deception

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Morose (adj.)

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Sad; Melancholy

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Odious (adj.)

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Evoking intense aversion or dislike

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Opaque (adj.)

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Impenetrable by light

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Oscillation (n.)

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Swinging back and forth with steady rhythm

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Penurious (adj.)

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Penny-pinching; thrifty

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Pernicious (adj.)

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Extremely harmful; potentially causing death

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Peruse (v.)

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To examine with great care

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Pious (adj.)

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Extremely devout; strong religious devotion

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Precursor (n.)

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One that precedes another

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Preen (v.)

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To dress up; to primp

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Prodigious (adj.)

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Abundant in size; extraordinary

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Prolific (adj.)

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Productive; Producing large amounts

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Putrefy (v.)

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To rot; decay and five a foul odor

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Quaff (v.)

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To drink deeply

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Quiescence (n.)

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Stillness; motionless; at rest

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Redoubtable (adj.)

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Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

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Sanction (n.)

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Authoritative permission; penalty to enforce compliance

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Satire (n.)

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A literary work that ridicule through humor

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Squalid (adj.)

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Sordid; wretched as form of neglect

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Stoic (adj.)

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Indifferent by pleasure or pain

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Supplant (v.)

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To take place of; supersede

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Torpid (adj.)

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Lethargic; sluggish; dormat

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Ubiquitous (adj.)

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Existing everywhere at the same time; widespread

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Urbane (adj.)

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Sophisticated; elegant

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Vilify (v.)

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To defame; to characterise harshly

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Viscous (adj.)

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Thick; sticky

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Discretion (n.)

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Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions

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Esoteric (adj.)

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Understood by a small, specific group