Hit Parade #5 Flashcards
Allay
N - substance composed of two metals; amalgam
V - Commingle, debase by mixing with something inferior; adulterated
Unallayed
Pure
Arrest
V - to make inactive - They arrested the tumor
to catch and engage - The arresting portrait was stunning
Bent
N - inclination
Brook
To tolerate, endure, abide
Countenance
V - to tolerate, extend approval - The city countenanced the rock concert in Central Park
N - face
Cardinal
Of basic importance - cardinal principle
Very serious and grave - cardinal sin
Consequential
Pompous, self-important
=/= inconsequential
Damp
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
Die
Tool used for shaping
Essay
To test or try, attempt to experiment
Fell
Adj - inhumanely cruel
V - to cause to fall by striking
Ford
To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
Grouse / grawse
To complain or grumble
She groused about the working conditions like a BITCH
Guy
N - rope, cord or cable attached to something as a brace or guide
Intimate
V - to promulgate, announce
To hint, imply, insinuate, suggest
List
V - to tilt or lean to one side
The boat listed to its right
Lumber
V - to move heavily and clumsily
Meet
Adj - fitting, proper
Mince
To pronounce or speak affectedly (artificially)
To speak very carefully within limits of decorum; euphemize
Tiptoe
Nice
Adj - exacting, fastidious
Nice taste buds
Nice dress code
Pied / pie d
Variegated, multicolored
Pine
To yearn, long for
To lose vigor, as through grief
Prize
V - to press, force, or move with a lever; pry
Adj - something taken by force; SPOILS
Rail
To complain about bitterly
Rend
Adj and past tense of rent
torn, an opening or tear (usually caused by anger)
Quail
To lose courage, to become frightened, to limit
Decline, falter
Other politicians quailed before him
Sap
V - to enervate, weaken
N - fool, inane
Scurvy
Despicable, execrable
Stand
Group of trees
Steep
Saturate completely or soak
Before I steep your tea bags in lava
Strut
Structural piece designed to resist pressure
Tender
V - to proffer, offer
Waffle
To equivocate, prevaricate
He waffled ON important issues
Wag
Waggish
Joke, wit
Jocular, in a humorous playful way
Apogee
Farthest or highest point; zenith; culmination
Apostate
One who abandons religious beliefs or political convictions
Asseverate
To aver; affirm or declare positively
He asseverated that he did not know about the corruption cases
Bellicose
Belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
Calumniate
Calumny
To slander, make false accusations
Cavil
To find fault without good reason / to raise trivial and frivolous objections
He spent hours caviling my essay, but he knew it was perfect
Celerity
Rapid motion or action; speed, alacrity
(accelerate
Chimera
Chimerical
Illusion
Also imaginary fire-breathing she-dragon
Contumacious
Insubordinate, obstreperous, rebellious, intractable
The judge threatened to charge the contumacious witness with contempt of court
Debacle
Fiasco, complete failure
Desuetude / des wit ude
Disuse
Despite long years of desuetude, the old car still ran fine
Dirge
A song of grief or lamentation
Encomium
Glowing and enthusiastic praise
Tryst / tr eye st
Assignation - rendezvous between lovers; agreement between lovers to meet
Contumely
N - Insolent or insulting language or treatment;
Offense, humiliating insult
Obtain
Adj - prevalent, customary
Morals that obtained in Rome
Captious / kap chus
Apt to make much of trivial faults or defects
Tending to find faults or raise petty objections
Marie Barone is so captious!
