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Hit Parade Group 1 Flashcards

1
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Abscond

Verb

A

to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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Adversity

Noun

A

hardship or difficulty; opposition

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3
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Aggravate

verb

A

to worsen or intensify

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Arduous

adjective

A

strenuous; taxing; requiring significant effort

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5
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Belie

verb

A

to give a false impression of; to misrepresent

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Bombast

noun

A

self-important or pompous writing or speech

pompus-irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important

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Cacophony

noun

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harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance

dissonance - a lack of harmony

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Castigation

noun

A

severe criticism or punishment

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9
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Censure

verb

A

to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Chicanery

noun

A

trickery or subterfuge

subterfuge - deceit

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Coercive

adjective

A

serving or intended to compel by force or authority

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12
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Condemn

verb

A

to blame or denounce

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Conspire

verb

A

to secretly work together with the intent to vomit a wrong or illegal act

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14
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Cover

adjective

A

hidden; clandestine

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15
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Cower

verb

A

shrink in fear; cringe

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16
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Craven

adjective

A

Conemptibly fainthearted; lacking any courage

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Denigrate

verb

A

to blacken; to belittle; to sully; to defame; to disparage

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18
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Denounce

verb

A

to public ally condemn or criticize

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19
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Derision

noun

A

scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment

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Diatribe

noun

A

a harsh denunciation

denunciation - public shaming

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Discomfit

verb

A

to defeat; to put down

22
Q

Disingenuous

adjective

A

insincere; packing in honesty or frankness

23
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Dissemble

verb

A

to disguise or conceal; to mislead

24
Q

Exacerbate

verb

A

to make worse or more sever; to increase in violence

25
Q

Fraud

noun

A

Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage

26
Q

Furtive

adjective

A

marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

27
Q

Garrulous

adjective

A

pointlessly talkative; talking too much

28
Q

Harangue

verb

A

to deliver a pompous speech or tirade

pompous - irritatingly grand

29
Q

Impudent

adjective

A

saucy; impertinent; bold and disrespectful

30
Q

Inopportune

adjective

A

ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate

31
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Irascible

adjective

A

easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

32
Q

Malevolent

adjective

A

having or showing often vicious ill-will, spite, or hatred

33
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Martial

adjective

A

associated with war and the armed forcess

34
Q

Misanthrope

noun

A

one who hates all other humans

35
Q

Morose

adjective

A

sad; sullen; melancholy

36
Q

Obdurate

adjective

A

unyielding; hardhearted; intractable

37
Q

Obsequious

adjective

A

exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

38
Q

Obstinate

adjective

A

stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising

39
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Onerous

adjective

A

troubling; burdensome

40
Q

opprobrium

noun

A

disgrace; contempt; scorn

41
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Pedantic

adjective

A

the parading of learning; excessive attention to minor and formal rules

42
Q

Perjury

noun

A

the purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath

43
Q

Provoke

verb

A

to incite anger, resentment, or exasperation

44
Q

Recalcitrant

adjacent

A

obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

45
Q

Secrete

verb

A

to ensconce, conceal, or stow

46
Q

Specious

adjective

A

seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive

47
Q

Spurious

adjective

A

lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

48
Q

Squander

verb

A

to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

49
Q

Tirade

noun

A

a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

50
Q

Vexation

noun

A

annoyance or irritation

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