Hit Parade- group 1

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assuage

Answer 0

to ease or lessen to appease or pacify

Question 1

arduous

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strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

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austere

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without adornment; bare

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axiomatic

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taken as a given; self-evident truth

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canonical

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following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun= canon)

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censure

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to criticize severly

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discordant

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conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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ennui

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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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equivocate

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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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exigent

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urgent

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extemporaneous

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improvised

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filibuster

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intentional obstruction, i.e. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

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fulminate

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to loudly attack or denounce

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magnanimity

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being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving

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martial

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associated with war and armed forces

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mundane

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typical of or concerned with the ordinary

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nebulous

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vague; cloudy; lacking defined form

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noxious

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harmful, injurious

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obtuse

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lacking sharpness of intellect

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paean

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a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

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parody

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a humorous imitation intended for ridicule

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Perennial

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happening repeatedly

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Perfidy

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intentional break of faith (adj= perfiduous)

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Precipitate

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acting with excessive haste or impulse

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predilection

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a disposition in favor of something; preference

Question 25

prescience

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foreknowledge of events

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prevaricate

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deliberately avoid the truth

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qualms

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misgiving; reservations; causes for hesitancy

Question 28

recant

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to retract, esp. a previously held belief

Question 29

refute

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to disprove

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relegate

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

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reticent

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quiet; reserved

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solicitous

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concerned and attentive

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sordid

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characterized by filth; foul

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sporadic

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occurring only occasionally

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squander

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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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stupefy

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to stun, baffle or amaze

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torque

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a 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

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virulent

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extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

Question 41

voracious

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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit