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Hit Parade 4 Flashcards

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Aggrandize

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To increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige

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Acerbic

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Having sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting

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Alchemy

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A medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals, especially. Base metals into gold

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Amenable

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Agreeable; responsive to suggestion

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Anachronism

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Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

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Astringent

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Having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe

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Contiguous

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Sharing a border; touching; adjacent

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Convention

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A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude

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Credulous

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Tending to believe too readily; gullible

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Cynicism

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An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness

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Decorum

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Polite or appropriate conduct or behavior

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Derision

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Scorn, ridicule, contentious treatment

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Dessicate

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To dry our or dehydrate; to make dry or dull

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Dilettante

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One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

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Disparage

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To slight or belittle

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Divulge

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To disclose something secret

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Fawn

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To flatter or praise excessively

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Flout

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To show contempt for, as in a rule or convention

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Garrulous

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Pointlessly talkative; talking too much

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Glib

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Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial

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Hubris

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Overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance

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Imminent

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About to happen; impending

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Impetuous

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Hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

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Indifferent

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Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice

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Inimical

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Damaging; harmful; injurious

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Intractable

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Not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate

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Intrepid

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Steadfast and courageous

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Laconic

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Using few words; terse

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Maverick

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An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

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Mercurial

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Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood

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Mollify

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To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity

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Neophyte

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A recent convert; a beginner; novice

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Obfuscate

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To deliberately obscure; to make confusing

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Obstinate

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Stubborn; hard-headed; uncompromising

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Ostentatious

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Characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy

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Pervade

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To permeate throughout

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Phlegmatic

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Calm; sluggish; unemotional

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Plethora

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An over abundance; a surplus

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Pragmatic

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Practical rather than idealistic

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Presumptuous

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Overstepping due bounds; taking liberties

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Pristine

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Pure; uncorrupted; clean

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Probity

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Adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness

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Proclivity

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A natural predisposition or inclination

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Profligate

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Excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant

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Propensity

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A natural inclination or tendency; penchant

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Prosiac

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Full; lacking in spirit or imagination

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Pungent

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Characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste

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Quixotic

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Foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals

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Quotidian

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Occurring or recurring daily; commonplace

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Rarefy

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To make or become thin, less dense; to refine

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Recondite

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Hidden; concealed; difficult to understand

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Refulgent

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Radiant; shiny; brilliant

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Renege

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To fail to home a commitment; to go back on a promise

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Sedulous

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Diligent; persistent; hard-working

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Shard

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A piece of broke pottery or glass

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Sparse

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Thin; not not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals

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Spendthrift

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One who spends money waste fully

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Subtle

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Not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern

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Tacit

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Implied, not explicitly stated

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Terse

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Brief and concise in wording

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Tout

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To publicly praise or promote

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Trenchant

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Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating

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Unfeigned

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Genuine; not false or hypocritical

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Untenable

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Indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable

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Vacillate

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To waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another

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Variegated

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Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color

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Vexation

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Annoyance; irritation

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Vigilant

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Alertly watchful

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Vituperate

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To use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate

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Volatile

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Readily changing to a vapor; changeable, fickle; explosive

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