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Hit Parade 3 Flashcards

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Acumen

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Keen accurate judgement or insight (noun)

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Adulterate

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To reduce the purity by combining with inferior ingredients (verb)

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Aver

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To state as a fact; to declare or assert (verb)

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Bolster

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To provide support or reinforcement (verb)

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Bombastic

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Pompous; grandiloquent (verb) (noun form: bombast)

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Diatribe

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A harsh denunciation (noun)

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Eccentric

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Departing from norms or conventions (adj.)

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Endemic

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Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people. (adj.)

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Evanescent

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Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing (adj.)

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Exacerbate

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To make worse or more severe (verb)

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Fervent

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Greatly emotional or zealous (adj.) (noun form: fervor)

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Fortuitous

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Happening by accident or chance (adj.)

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Germane

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Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter (adj.)

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Grandiloquence

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Pompous speech or expression (noun) (adj. form: grandiloquent)

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Hackneyed

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Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage (adj)

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Halcyon

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carefree, happy, peaceful (adj.)

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Hegemony

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The consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others (noun)

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Iconoclast

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One who attacks or undermines tradition conventions or institutions (noun)

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Idolatrous

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Given to intense or excessive devotion (noun form: idolatry)

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Impassive

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Revealing no emotion (adj.)

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Imperturbable

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Marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness (adj)

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Implacable

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Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed (adj)

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Impunity

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Immunity from punishment or penalty (noun)

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Inchoate

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In an initial stage, not fully formed (adj)

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Infelicitous

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Unfortunate; inappropriate (adj.)

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Insipid

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Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland (adj)

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Loquacious

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Extremely talkative (adj) (noun form: loquacity)

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Sycophantic

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Behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage.

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Luminous

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Characterized by brightness and the emission of light (adj)

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Malevolent

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Having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred (adj) (noun form: malevolent)

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Malleable

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Capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable

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Mendacity

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The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty (noun) (mendacious)

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Misanthrope

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One who hates all other humans (noun) (adj form: misanthropic)

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Obdurate

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Unyielding; hardheaded; intractable (adj)

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Obsequious

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Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness (adj)

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Opprobrium

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Disgrace; contempt; scorn (noun)

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Pedagogy

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The profession or principles of teaching or instructing (noun)

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Pedantic

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Overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one’s knowledge (adj)

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Penury

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Poverty; destitution (noun)

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Pervasive

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Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout (adj)

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Pine

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To yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor (verb)

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Pith

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The essential or central part (noun)

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Pithy

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Precise and brief (adj)

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Platitude

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A superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful (noun)

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Polemical

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Controversial, Argumentative (adj)

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Prodigal

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Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish (adj)

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Profuse

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Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant (adj)

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Queries

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Questions; inquiries; doubts (noun)

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Querulous

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Prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish (adj)

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Rancorous

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Characterized by bitter, long lasting resentment (adj) (noun form: rancor)

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Recalcitrant

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Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage (adj)

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Repudiate

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To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown (verb)

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Rescind

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To invalidate; to repeal; to retract (verb)

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Reverent

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Marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect (adj)

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Salubrious

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Promoting health or well being (adj)

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Solvent

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Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance (adj)

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Specious

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Seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false (adj)

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Spurious

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Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit (adj)

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Subpoena

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A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony (noun)

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Superfluous

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Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary (adj)

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Succinct

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Brief; concise (adj)

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Surfeit

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An overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess (verb)

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Tenacity

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Persistent determination (noun)

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Tenuous

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Having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak (adj)

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Tirade

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A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation (noun)

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Transient

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Fleeting passing quickly; brief (adj)

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Zealous

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Fervent; ardent; impassioned; devoted to a cause (adj) (noun form: zealot)

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Lackadaisical

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Lacking enthusiasm and determination, carelessly lazy

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