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Hit Parade #5 Flashcards

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Allay

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N - substance composed of two metals; amalgam

V - Commingle, debase by mixing with something inferior; adulterated

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Unallayed

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Pure

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Arrest

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V - to make inactive - They arrested the tumor

to catch and engage - The arresting portrait was stunning

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Bent

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N - inclination

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Brook

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To tolerate, endure, abide

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Countenance

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V - to tolerate, extend approval - The city countenanced the rock concert in Central Park

N - face

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Cardinal

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Of basic importance - cardinal principle

Very serious and grave - cardinal sin

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Consequential

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Pompous, self-important

=/= inconsequential

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Damp

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V - To diminish the intensity of - The government tried to damp down the causes of inflation

To check the vibration of a sound - He damped the guitar string before replacing it

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Die

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Tool used for shaping

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Essay

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To test or try, attempt to experiment

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Fell

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Adj - inhumanely cruel

V - to cause to fall by striking

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Ford

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To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

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Grouse / grawse

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To complain or grumble

She groused about the working conditions like a BITCH

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Guy

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N - rope, cord or cable attached to something as a brace or guide

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Intimate

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V - to promulgate, announce

To hint, imply, insinuate, suggest

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List

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V - to tilt or lean to one side

The boat listed to its right

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Lumber

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V - to move heavily and clumsily

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Meet

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Adj - fitting, proper

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Mince

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To pronounce or speak affectedly (artificially)
To speak very carefully within limits of decorum; euphemize

Tiptoe

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Nice

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Adj - exacting, fastidious

Nice taste buds
Nice dress code

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Pied / pie d

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Variegated, multicolored

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Pine

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To yearn, long for

To lose vigor, as through grief

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Prize

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V - to press, force, or move with a lever; pry

Adj - something taken by force; SPOILS

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Rail

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To complain about bitterly

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Rend

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Adj and past tense of rent

torn, an opening or tear (usually caused by anger)

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Quail

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To lose courage, to become frightened, to limit
Decline, falter

Other politicians quailed before him

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Sap

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V - to enervate, weaken

N - fool, inane

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Scurvy

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Despicable, execrable

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Stand

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Group of trees

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Steep

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Saturate completely or soak

Before I steep your tea bags in lava

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Strut

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Structural piece designed to resist pressure

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Tender

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V - to proffer, offer

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Waffle

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To equivocate, prevaricate

He waffled ON important issues

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Wag

Waggish

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Joke, wit

Jocular, in a humorous playful way

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Apogee

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Farthest or highest point; zenith; culmination

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Apostate

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One who abandons religious beliefs or political convictions

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Asseverate

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To aver; affirm or declare positively

He asseverated that he did not know about the corruption cases

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Bellicose

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Belligerent, pugnacious, warlike

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Calumniate

Calumny

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To slander, make false accusations

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Cavil

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To find fault without good reason / to raise trivial and frivolous objections

He spent hours caviling my essay, but he knew it was perfect

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Celerity

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Rapid motion or action; speed, alacrity

(accelerate

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Chimera

Chimerical

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Illusion

Also imaginary fire-breathing she-dragon

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Contumacious

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Insubordinate, obstreperous, rebellious, intractable

The judge threatened to charge the contumacious witness with contempt of court

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Debacle

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Fiasco, complete failure

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Desuetude / des wit ude

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Disuse

Despite long years of desuetude, the old car still ran fine

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Dirge

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A song of grief or lamentation

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Encomium

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Glowing and enthusiastic praise

49
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Tryst / tr eye st

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Assignation - rendezvous between lovers; agreement between lovers to meet

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Contumely

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N - Insolent or insulting language or treatment;

Offense, humiliating insult

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Obtain

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Adj - prevalent, customary

Morals that obtained in Rome

52
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Captious / kap chus

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Apt to make much of trivial faults or defects

Tending to find faults or raise petty objections

Marie Barone is so captious!

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