Hit Parade Group 1

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abscond

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leave secretly and hide

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alacrity

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eager and enthusiastic willingness

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approbation

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expression of approval or praise

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arduous

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strenuous, taxing

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assuage

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ease or lessen; appease or pacify

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audacious

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daring and feckless; recklessly bold

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austere

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bare, severely simple, ascetic

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axiomatic

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taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

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canonical

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following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

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capricious

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inclined to change mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

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censure

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criticize severely; rebuke officially

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chicanery

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trickery or subterfuge

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connoisseur

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informed astute judge in matters of taste; expert

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discordant

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conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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disparate

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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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effrontery

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extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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enervate

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weaken, reduce in vitality

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ennui

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dissatisfaction and restlessness from boredom or apathy

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equivocate

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use ambiguous language with deceptive intent

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erudite

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learned; scholarly

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exculpate

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exonerate; clear of blame

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exigent

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urgent, pressing

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extemporaneous

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improvised

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fulminate

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loudly attack or denounce

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ingenuous

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artless; frank and candid; lacking sophistication

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inured

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accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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irascible

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easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

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laud

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praise highly

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lucid

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clear; easily understood

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magnanimity

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quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially forgiving

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martial

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associated with war and armed forces

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nascent

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coming into being; in early developmental stages

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nebulous

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vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

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neologism

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

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noxious

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harmful, injurious

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obviate

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anticipate; make obsolete

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onerous

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troubling; burdensome

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paean

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song or hymn of praise

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perennial

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recurrent through the year(s); happening repeatedly

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perfidy

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intentional breach of faith; treachery

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perspicacious

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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment

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prattle

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babble meaningless

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precipitate

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acting with excessive haste or impulse; to cause or happen before anticipated or required

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predilection

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preference; disposition in favor of something

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prescience

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foreknowledge of events

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prevaricate

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deliberately avoid truth; mislead

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qualms

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misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy

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recant

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retract previously held belief

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refute

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disprove; successfully argue against

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relegate

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forcibly assign to lower position

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reticent

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quiet; reluctant to express feelings and thoughts

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solicitous

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concerned; eager

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sordid

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foul

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sporadic

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occurring occasionally; scattered instances

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stupefy

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stun, baffle, or amaze

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stymie

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block or thwart

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torque

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force that causes rotation

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tortuous

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winding, twisting; excessively complicated

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truculent

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fierce and cruel; eager to fight

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veracity

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truthfulness, honesty

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virulent

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extremely harmful; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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voracious

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having insatiable appetite for activity or pursuit; ravenous

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waver

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sway; unsettled in opinion