Hit Parade Group #1 Flashcards by Katie Stutes

Abscond

Verb

To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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Aberrant

Adj.

deviating from the norm

Noun form: Aberration

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Alacrity

Noun

eager and enthusiatic willingness

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Anomaly

Noun

deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality

Adj. form: Anomalous

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Approbation

Noun

an expression of approval or praise

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Arduous

Adj.

strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

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Assuage

Verb

to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

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Audacious

Adj.

daring and fearless; recklessly bold

Noun form: Audacity

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Austere

Adj.

without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

Noun form: Austerity

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Axiomatic

Adj.

taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

Noun form: Axiom

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Canonical

Adj.

following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

(Noun form: Canon)

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Capricious

Adj.

inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

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Censure

Verb

to criticize severly; to officially rebuke

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Chicanery

Noun

trickery or subterfuge

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Connoisseur

Noun

an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

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Convoluted

Adj.

complex or complicated

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Disabuse

Verb

to undeceive; to set right

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Discordant

Adj.

conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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Disparate

Adj.

fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Effrontery

Noun

extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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Eloquent

Adj.

well-spoken, expressive, articulate

Noun form: eloquence

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Enervate

Verb

to weaken; to reduce in vitality

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Ennui

Noun

dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate

Verb

to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

Adj. form: Equivocal

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Erudite | Adj.

very learned; scholarly | Noun form: Erudition

Exculpate | Verb

exonerate; to clear of blame

Exigent | Adj.

urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

Extemporaneous | Adj.

improvised; done without preparation

Filibuster | Noun

intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

Fulminate | Verb

to loudly attack or denounce

Ingenuous | Adj.

artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

Inured | Adj.

accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Irascible | Adj.

easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

Laud | Verb

to praise highly | Adj. form: Laudatory

Lucid | Adj.

clear; easily understood

Magnanimity | Noun

the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (Adj. form: Magnanimous)

Martial | Adj.

associated with war and the armed forces

Mundane | Adj.

of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary

Nascent | Adj.

coming into being; in early developmental stages

Nebulous | Adj.

vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

Neologism | Noun

a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

Noxious | Adj.

harmful, injurious

Obtuse | Adj.

lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

Obviate | Verb

to anticipate and make unnecessary

Onerous | Adj.

troubling; burdensome

Paean | Noun

a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

Parody | Noun

a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art

Perennial | Adj.

recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

Perfidy | Noun

intentional breach of faith; treachery | Adj. form: Perfidious

Perfunctory | Adj.

cursory; done without care or interest

Perspicacious | Adj.

acutely perceptive; having keen discernment | Noun form: Perspicacity

Prattle | Verb

to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner

Precipitate | Adj.

acting with excessive haste or impulse

Precipitate | Verb

to cause or happen before anticipated or required

Predilection | Noun

a disposition in favor of something; preference

Prescience | Noun

foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (Adj. form: Prescient)

Prevaricate | Verb

to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

Qualms | Noun

misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy

Recant | Verb

to retract, esp. a previously held belief

Refute | Verb

to disprove; to successfully argue against

Relegate | Verb

to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position

Reticent | Adj.

quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

Solicitous | Adj.

concerned and attentive; eager

Sordid | Adj.

characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

Sporadic | Adj.

occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

Squander | Verb

to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

Static | Adj.

not moving, active, or in motion; at rest

Stupefy | Verb

to stun, baffle, or amaze

Stymie | Verb

to block; to thwart

Synthesis | Noun

the combination of parts to make a whole | Verb form: Synthesize

Torque | Noun

a force that causes rotation

Tortuous | Adj.

winding, twisting; excessively complicated

Truculent | Adj.

fierce and cruel; eager to fight

Veractiy | Noun

truthfulness, honesty

Virulent | Adj.

extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

Voracious | Adj.

having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous

Waver | Verb

to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion