Hit Parade 3 Flashcards by Muhammad Khadafi

Acumen (n.)

Keen; accurate judgement or insight

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Adulterate (v.)

To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredient

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Amalgamate (v.)

To combine several elements into a whole

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Archaic (adj.)

Outdated; associated with primitive time

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Aver (v.)

To state as fact

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Bolster (v.)

To provide support or reinforcement

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Bombastic (adj.)

Pompous; grandiloquent

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Diatribe (v.)

A harsh denunciation

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Dissemble (v.)

To disguise or conceal; to mislead

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Eccentric (adj.)

Departing from norms or conventions

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Endemic (adj.)

Characteristic of particular locality

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Evanescent (adj.)

Tending to disappear like vapor

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Exacerbate (v.)

To make worse

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Fervent (adj.)

Greatly emotional or zealous

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Fortuitous (adj.)

Happening by accident or chance

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Germane (adj.)

Relevant to the subject at hand

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Grandiloquence (n.)

Pompous speech or expression

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Hackneyed (adj.)

Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

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Halcyon (adj.)

Calm and peaceful

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Hedonism (n.)

Devotion to pleasurable pursuits

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Hegemony (n.)

The consistent dominance of one ideology over others

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Iconoclast (n.)

One who attacks traditional conventions

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Idolatrous (adj.)

Given to intense or excessive devotion

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Impassive (adj.)

Revealing no emotion

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Imperturbable (adj.)

Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

Implacable (adj.)

Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

Impunity (n.)

Immunity from punishment

Inchoate (adj.)

In an initial stage; not fully formed

Infelicitous (adj.)

Unfortunate; inappropriate

Insipid (adj.)

Without taste or flavour; bland

Loquacious (adj.)

Extremely talkative

Luminous (adj.)

Characterized by brightness and emission of light

Malevolent (adj.)

Having or showing ill will, spite, or hatred

Malleable (adj.)

Capable of being shaped or formed

Mendacity (n.)

The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty

Meticulous (v.)

Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail

Misanthrope (n.)

One who hates all other humans

Mitigate (v.)

To make less severe

Obdurate (adj.)

Unyielding; hardhearted

Obsequious (adj.)

Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

Occlude (v.)

To obstruct or block

Opprobrium (n.)

Disgrace; contempt; scorn

Pedagogy (n.)

The profession or principles of teaching

Pedantic (adj.)

Overly concerned with trivial details of learning; show-offish about one's knowledge

Penury (n.)

Poverty; destitution

Pervasive (adj.)

Having the tendency to permeate or spread

Pine (v.)

To yearn intensely; to languish

Pirate (v.)

To illegally use or reproduce

Pith (n.)

The essential or central part

Pithy (adj.)

Precise and brief

Placate (v.)

To appease; to calm by making concessions

Platitude (n.)

A superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful

Plummet (v.)

To plunge or drop straight down

Polemical (adj.)

Controversial; argumentative

Prodigal (adj.)

Recklessly wasteful; extravagant

Profuse (adj.)

Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant

Proliferate (v.)

To grow or increase swiftly or abundantly

Queries (n.)

Questions; inquiries

Querulous (adj.)

Prone to complaining; peevish

Rancorous (adj.)

Characterized by bitter, long lasting resentment

Recalcitrant (adj.)

Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

Repudiate (v.)

To disown; refuse anything to have anything to do with

Rescind (v.)

To retract; to invalidate

Reverent (v.)

Marked by profound awe and respect

Rhetoric (n.)

The art of effective use of language for communication or persuation

Salubrious (adj.)

Promoting health or well-being

Solvent (adj.)

Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another subsance

Specious (adj.)

Seeming true, but actually fallacious; misleadingly attractive

Spurious (adj.)

Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

Subpoena (n.)

A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony

Succint (adj.)

Brief; concise

Superfluous (adj.)

Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

Surfeit (v.)

An over-abundant supply; excess

Tenacity (n.)

The quality of persistence to something valued; persistent determination

Tenuous (adj.)

Having little substance or strength; filmsy; weak

Tirade (n.)

A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

Transient (adj.)

Fleeting; passing quickly; brief

Zealous (adj.)

Fervent; impassioned, devoted to a cause