Hit Parade 3 Flashcards
Acumen
Keen accurate judgement or insight (noun)
Adulterate
To reduce the purity by combining with inferior ingredients (verb)
Aver
To state as a fact; to declare or assert (verb)
Bolster
To provide support or reinforcement (verb)
Bombastic
Pompous; grandiloquent (verb) (noun form: bombast)
Diatribe
A harsh denunciation (noun)
Eccentric
Departing from norms or conventions (adj.)
Endemic
Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people. (adj.)
Evanescent
Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing (adj.)
Exacerbate
To make worse or more severe (verb)
Fervent
Greatly emotional or zealous (adj.) (noun form: fervor)
Fortuitous
Happening by accident or chance (adj.)
Germane
Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter (adj.)
Grandiloquence
Pompous speech or expression (noun) (adj. form: grandiloquent)
Hackneyed
Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage (adj)
Halcyon
carefree, happy, peaceful (adj.)
Hegemony
The consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others (noun)
Iconoclast
One who attacks or undermines tradition conventions or institutions (noun)
Idolatrous
Given to intense or excessive devotion (noun form: idolatry)
Impassive
Revealing no emotion (adj.)
Imperturbable
Marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness (adj)
Implacable
Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed (adj)
Impunity
Immunity from punishment or penalty (noun)
Inchoate
In an initial stage, not fully formed (adj)
Infelicitous
Unfortunate; inappropriate (adj.)
Insipid
Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland (adj)
Loquacious
Extremely talkative (adj) (noun form: loquacity)
Sycophantic
Behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage.
Luminous
Characterized by brightness and the emission of light (adj)
Malevolent
Having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred (adj) (noun form: malevolent)
Malleable
Capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
Mendacity
The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty (noun) (mendacious)
Misanthrope
One who hates all other humans (noun) (adj form: misanthropic)
Obdurate
Unyielding; hardheaded; intractable (adj)
Obsequious
Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness (adj)
Opprobrium
Disgrace; contempt; scorn (noun)
Pedagogy
The profession or principles of teaching or instructing (noun)
Pedantic
Overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one’s knowledge (adj)
Penury
Poverty; destitution (noun)
Pervasive
Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout (adj)
Pine
To yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor (verb)
Pith
The essential or central part (noun)
Pithy
Precise and brief (adj)
Platitude
A superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful (noun)
Polemical
Controversial, Argumentative (adj)
Prodigal
Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish (adj)
Profuse
Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant (adj)
Queries
Questions; inquiries; doubts (noun)
Querulous
Prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish (adj)
Rancorous
Characterized by bitter, long lasting resentment (adj) (noun form: rancor)
Recalcitrant
Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage (adj)
Repudiate
To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown (verb)
Rescind
To invalidate; to repeal; to retract (verb)
Reverent
Marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect (adj)
Salubrious
Promoting health or well being (adj)
Solvent
Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance (adj)
Specious
Seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false (adj)
Spurious
Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit (adj)
Subpoena
A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony (noun)
Superfluous
Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary (adj)
Succinct
Brief; concise (adj)
Surfeit
An overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess (verb)
Tenacity
Persistent determination (noun)
Tenuous
Having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak (adj)
Tirade
A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation (noun)
Transient
Fleeting passing quickly; brief (adj)
Zealous
Fervent; ardent; impassioned; devoted to a cause (adj) (noun form: zealot)
Lackadaisical
Lacking enthusiasm and determination, carelessly lazy
