Hit Parade Group 2 Flashcards
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accolade
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honor
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abate
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lessen
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adulation
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worship
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aesthetic
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beautiful
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ameliorate
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improve
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ascetic
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abstinent
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avarice
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greed
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axiom
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unquestionable
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burgeon
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flourish
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bucolic
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rural
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cacophony
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noise
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canon
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code of laws
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castigation
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reprimand
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catalyst
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a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change.
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caustic
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corrosive
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chary
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cautious
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cogent
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convincing
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complaisance
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willing
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contentious
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controversial
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contrite
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remorseful
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culpable
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guilty
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dearth
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scarcity
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demur
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object
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didactic
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instructive
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discretion
caution; choice
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disinterested
unbiased
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dogmatic
opinionated
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ebullience
cheerfulness
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eclectic
wide-ranging
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elegy
mournful poem
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emollient
soothing, esp. to the skin.
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empirical
based on observation or experiment
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enigmatic
mysterious
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ephemeral
brief
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esoteric
intended for or understood by a small, specific group
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eulogy
a speech honoring the dead
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exonerate
clear
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facetious
playful
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fallacy
a mistaken belief
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furtive
secretive
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gregarious
sociable
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harangue
tirade
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heretical
violating accepted convention
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hyperbole
an exaggerated statement
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impecunious
poor
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incipient
emergent
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inert
unmoving
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innocuous
harmless
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intransigent
uncompromising
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inveigle
tempt
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morose
sad
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odious
revolting
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opaque
impenetrable by light
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oscillation
the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm
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penurious
poor
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pernicious
harmful
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peruse
examine
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pious
religious
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precursor
predecessor
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preen
primp
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prodigious
enormous
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prolific
productive
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putrefy
break down
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quaff
drink
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quiescence
inactive
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redoubtable
awe-inspiring
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sanction (2)
penalty; authorization
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satire
a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
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squalid
dirty
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stoic
indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain
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supplant
replace
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torpid
lethargic
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ubiquitous
everywhere
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urbane
sophisticated
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vilify
criticize
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viscous
thick; sticky
