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Hit Parade Group 1 Flashcards

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Aberrant (adj)

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Deviating from the norm (noun: aberration)

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Abscond (verb)

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To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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Alacrity (noun)

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly (noun)

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Rule; abnormality (adj form: anomalous)

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Approbation (noun)

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An expression of approval or praise

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Arduous (adj)

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Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

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Assuage (verb)

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To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

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Audacious (adj)

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Daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity)

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Austere (adj)

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Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity)

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Axiomatic (adj)

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Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)

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Canonical (adj)

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Following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards (noun form: canon)

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Capricious (adj)

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

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Censure (verb)

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To criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Chicanery (noun)

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Trickery or subterfuge

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Connoisseur (noun)

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An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

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Convoluted (adj)

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Complex or complicated

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Disabuse (verb)

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To undeceive; to set right

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Discordant (adj)

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Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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Disparate (adj)

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Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Effrontery (noun)

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Extreme boldness; presumtuousness

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Eloquent (adj)

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Well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence)

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Enervate (verb)

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To weaken; to reduce in vitality

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Ennui (noun)

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Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate (verb)

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To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj form: equivocal)

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Erudite (adj)

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Very learned; scholarly (noun form: erudition)

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Exculpate (verb)

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Exonerate; to clear of blame

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Exigent (adj)

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Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

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Extemporaneous (adj)

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Improvised; done without preparation

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Filibuster (noun)

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Intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speech making to delay legislative action

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Fulminate (verb)

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To loudly attack or denounce

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Ingenuous (adj)

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Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

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Inured (adj)

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Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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Irascible (adj)

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Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

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Laud (verb)

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To praise highly (adj form: laudatory)

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Lucid (adj)

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Clear; easily understood

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Magnanimity (noun)

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The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving (adj form: magnanimous)

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Martial (adj)

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Associated with war and the armed forces

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Mundane (adj)

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Of the world; typical or concerned with the ordinary

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Nascent (adj)

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Coming into being; in early developmental stages

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Nebulous (adj)

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Vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

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Neologism (noun)

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

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Noxious (adj)

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Harmful, injurious

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Obtuse (adj)

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

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Obviate (verb)

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To anticipate and make unnecessary

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Onerous (adj)

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Troubling; burdensome

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Paean (noun)

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A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

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Parody (noun)

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A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art

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Perennial (adj)

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Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

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Perfidy (noun)

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Intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj form: perfidious)

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Perfunctory (adj)

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Cursory; done without care or interest

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Perspicacious (adj)

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Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)

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Prattle (verb)

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

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Precipitate (verb)

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To cause or happen before anticipated or required

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Predilection (noun)

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A disposition in favor of something; preference

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Prescience (noun)

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Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj form: prescient)

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Prevaricate (verb)

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To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

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Qualms (noun)

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Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy

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Recant (verb)

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To retract, especially a previously held belief

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Refute (verb)

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To disprove; to successfully argue against

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Relegate (verb)

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To forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position

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Reticent (adj)

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Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

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Solicitous (adj)

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Concerned and attentive; eager

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Sordid (adj)

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Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

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Sporadic (adj)

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Occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

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Squander (verb)

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To waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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Static (adj)

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Not moving, active, or in motion; at rest

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Stupefying (verb)

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To stun, baffle, or amaze

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Stymie (verb)

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To block; to thwart

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Synthesis (noun)

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The combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)

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Torque (noun)

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A force that causes rotation

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Tortuous (adj)

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Winding, twisting, excessively complicated

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Truculent (adj)

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Fierce and cruel; eager to fight

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Veracity (noun)

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Truthfulness, honestly

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Virulent (adj)

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Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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Voracious (adj)

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Having and insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous

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Waver (verb)

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

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