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Hit Parade Group 1 Flashcards

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Abscond

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v. to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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Aberrant

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adj. deviating from the norm

n. aberration

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Alacrity

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n. eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Clandestine

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adj. kept secret or done secretively

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Anomaly

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n. deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous)

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Approbation

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n. an expression of approval or praise

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Arduous

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adj. strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

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Assuage

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v. to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

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Audacious

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

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Austere

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adj. without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity)

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Axiomatic

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adj. taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form:axiom)

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Canonical

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adj. following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun form: canon)

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Capricious

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

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Censure

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v. to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Chicanery

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n. trickery or subterfuge

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Subterfuge

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n. Deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal.

A statement or action resorted to in order to deceive

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Connoisseur

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n an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

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Astute

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adj. Having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage: “an astute businessman”.

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Convoluted

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n. complex or complicated

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Disabuse

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v. to undeceive; to set right

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Discordant

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adj. conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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Dissonant

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adj. Harsh and inharmonious in sound; discordant

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Disparate

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adj. fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Effrontery

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n. extreme boldness; presumputousness

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Eloquent

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adj. well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence)

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Enervate

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v. to weaken; to reduce in vitality

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Ennui

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n. dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate

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v. to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj. form: equivocal)

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Erudite

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adj. very learned; scholarly (noun form: erudition)

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Exulpate

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v. Exonerate; to clear of blame

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Exonerate

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to clear from blame

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Exigent

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adj. urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

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Extemporaneous

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adj. improvised: done without preparation

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Filibuster

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n. intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speech making to delay legislative action

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Fulminate

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v. to loudly attack or denounce

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Ingenuous

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adj. artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

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Inured

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adj. accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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Irascible

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adj. easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

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Laud

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v. to praise highly (adj. form: laudatory

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Lucid

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adj. clear; easily understood

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Magnanimity

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n. the quality of being generously noble in mind and hear, especially in forgiving

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Martial

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adj. associated with war and the armed forces

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Mundane

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adj. of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary

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Nascent

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adj. coming into being; in early developemental 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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n. a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

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Noxious

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adj. harmful, injurious

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Obtuse

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

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Obviate

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v. to anticipate and make unnecessary

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Onerous

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adj. troubling; burdensome

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Paean

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n. a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

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Parody

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

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Perennial

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adj. Recurrent through the year for many years happening repeatedly

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Perfidy

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n. intentional breath of faith; treachery

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Perspicacious

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adj. acutely perceptive, having seen discernment

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Prattle

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adj. to babble meaninglessly; to talk to in in empty idle manner

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Precipitate

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adj. acting with excessive haste or impulse

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Precipitate

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v. a cause of happen before anticipated or required

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Predilection

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n. a disposition in favor of something; freference

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Prescience

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foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occuring

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Prevaricate

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v. to deliberately avoid the truth to mislead

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Qualms

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n. misgiving; reservations; causes for hesitancy

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Recant

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v. to retract, esp. a previously held belief

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Refute

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v. to disprove; to successfully argue against

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Relegate

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

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Reticent

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adj. quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

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Solicitous

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adj. concerned and attentive; eager

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Sordid

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adj. characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

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Sporadic

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adj. occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

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Squander

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v. to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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Static

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adj. not moving, active, or in motion, at rest

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Stupefy

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v. to stun, baffle, or amaze

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Symie

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v. to block; to thwart

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Synthesis

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n. the combination of parts to make a whole

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Torque

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n. a force that causes rotation

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Tortuous

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adj. winding, twisting, excessively complicated

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Truculant

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adj. fierce and cruel; eager to fight

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Veracity

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n. truthfulness, honesty

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Virulent

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adj. extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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Voracious

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adj. having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous

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Waver

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

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