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Hit Parade Group 2 Flashcards

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Accolade (n)

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Expression of praise

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Abate (v)

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To lessen in intensity

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Adulation (n)

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Excessive praise

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Aesthetic (adj)

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Dealing with, being appreciative of or responsive to beauty

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Ameliorate (v)

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Make better

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Ascetic (n)

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One who practices self-denial esp for religion

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Avarice (n)

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Greed esp for wealth

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Axiom (n)

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Well known principle

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Burgeon (v)

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Grow rapidly

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Bucolic (adj)

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Rustic and rural

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Cacophony (n)

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Harsh

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Canon (n)

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Established set of principles or code of law

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Castigation (n)

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Severe punishment

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Catalyst (n)

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A substance that accelerates the rate of chemical reaction

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Caustic (adj)

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Burning or stinging

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Chary (adj)

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Wary

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Cogent (adj)

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Convincing

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Complaisance (n)

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Willingly comply to the wishes of others

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Contentious (adj)

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Argumentative

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Contrite (adj)

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Regretful

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Culpable (adj)

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Deserving blame

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Dearth (n)

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Smallness in quantity; scarce

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Demur (v)

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To question or oppose

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Didactic (adj)

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Intended to teach or instruct

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Discretion (n)

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Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions

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Disinterested (adj)

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Impartial

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Dogmatic (adj)

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Expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improbable principles

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Ebullience (n)

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The quality of lively or enthusiastic expressions of thoughts and feelings

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Eclectic (adj)

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Composed of different things

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Elegy (n)

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A sad poem

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Emollient (adj/n)

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Soothing for the skin/lotion

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Empirical (adj)

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Based on observation or experiment

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Ephemeral (adj)

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Brief

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Esoteric (adj)

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Intended or understood by a small specific group

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Eulogy (n)

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Speech honoring dead

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Exonerate (v)

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Remove blame

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Facetious (adj)

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Playful; humorous

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Fallacy (n)

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Mistaken belief

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Furtive (adj)

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Marked by stealth

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Gregarious (adj)

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Sociable; outgoing

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Harangue (v/n)

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To deliver a pompous speech

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Heretical (adj)

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Violating accepted dogma or convention

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Hyperbole (n)

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An exaggerated statement

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Impecunious (adj)

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Lacking funds

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Incipient (adj)

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Beginning to come into being

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Inert (adj)

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Unmoving; lethargic

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Innocuous (adj)

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Harmless

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Intransigent (adj)

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Refusing to compromise

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Inveigle (v)

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To obtain by deception or flattery

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Morose (adj)

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Sad

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Odious (adj)

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Evoking intense aversion or dislike

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Opaque (adj)

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No light enters or reflects

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Oscillation (n)

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The act of swinging back and forth

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Penurious (adj)

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Penny-pinching; Scrooge

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Pernicious (adj)

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Extremely harmful and deadly

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Peruse (v)

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Examine carefully

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Pious (adj)

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Extremely reverent

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Precursor (n)

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One that precedes and indicates or announces another

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Preen (v)

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Groom

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Prodigious (adj)

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Abundant in size, force or extent

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Prolific (adj)

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Producing large quantities

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Putrefy (v)

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To rot

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Quaff (v)

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Drink deeply

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Quiescence (n)

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Stillness

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Redoubtable (adj)

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Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

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Sanction (n/v)

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Authoritative permission or approval; give permission or approval to

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Satire (n)

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A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision

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Squalid (adj)

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Sordid; wretched and dirty from neglect

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Stoic (adj)

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No feeling for pain or pleasure

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Supplant (v)

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To take place of

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Torpid (adj)

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Lethargic, sluggish

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Ubiquitous (adj)

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Widespread

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Urbane (adj)

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Sophisticated; elegant

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Vilify (v)

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To defame

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Viscous (adj)

A

Thick; sticky

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