Hit Parade Group 1 Flashcards
Aberrant (adj)
Deviate from the norm
Abscond (v)
To depart secretly
Alacrity (n)
Eager and very willingly
Anomaly (n)
Abnormal
Approbation (n)
Express approval and praise
Arduous (v)
Taxing; strenuous
Assuage (v)
Lessen or ease
Audacious (adj)
Daring; fearless
Austere (adj)
Bare
Axiomatic (adj)
Taken as given
Canonical (adj)
Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
Capricious (adj)
Change one’s mind impulsively
Censure (v)
Criticize severely
Chicanery (n)
Trickery
Connoisseur (n)
Expert
Convoluted (adj)
Complicated
Disabuse (v)
Set right
Discordant (adj)
Conflicting
Effrontery (n)
Extreme boldness
Eloquent (adj)
Elegant
Enervate (v)
Weaken
Ennui (n)
Dissatisfaction and restlessness from boredom
Equivocate (v)
Use fancy language to deceive
Erudite (adj)
Very learned
Exculpate (v)
Exonerate
Exigent (adj)
Urgent
Extemporaneous (adj)
Improvised
Filibuster (n)
Used to stop something like a long speech
Fulminate (v)
Loudly attack
Ingenuous (adj)
Not sophisticated
Inured (adj)
Accepting something not desired
Irascible (adj)
Easily angered
Laud (v)
Praise highly
Lucid (adj)
Clear
Magnanimity (n)
Quality of being noble in heart and mind esp in forgiving
Martial (adj)
Associated with war and armed forces
Mundane (adj)
Typical and ordinary
Nascent (adj)
Coming into being
Nebulous (adj)
Vague
Neologism (n)
Creation of new word, expression, or usage
Noxious (adj)
Harmful
Obtuse (adj)
Not smart; not clear or precise in thought or expression
Obviate (v)
To anticipate and make unnecessary
Onerous (adj)
Troubling
Paean (n)
Song of praise
Parody (n)
Humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect
Perennial (adj)
Yearly
Perfidy (n)
Intentional breach of faith
Perfunctory (adj)
Done without care or interest
Perspicacious (adj)
Perceptive
Prattle (v)
Babble meaninglessly
Precipitate (adj)
Acting with haste or impulse
Precipitate (v)
To cause or happen before anticipated or required
Predilection (n)
Preference
Prescience (n)
Foresight
Prevaricate (v)
Mislead
Qualms (n)
Misgivings; cause to be hesitant
Recant (v)
Retract
Refute (v)
To disprove
Relegate (v)
Assign by force to lower place of position
Reticent (adj)
Quiet
Solicitous (adj)
Concerned and attentive
Sordid (adj)
Foul, dirty
Sporadic (adj)
Occasionally
Squander (v)
To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
Static (adj)
Not moving
Stupefy (v)
Stun; baffle
Stymie (v)
To block
Synthesis (n)
Combination of parts to make a whole
Torque (n)
Causes rotation
Tortuous (adj)
Winding, twisting; complicated
Truculent (adj)
Fierce and cruel
Veracity (n)
Honesty
Virulent (adj)
Harmful and poisonous
Voracious (adj)
Ravenous
Waver (v)
To move to and fro