Hit Parade Group 2 Flashcards
Accolade (n)
Expression of praise
Abate (v)
To lessen in intensity
Adulation (n)
Excessive praise
Aesthetic (adj)
Dealing with, being appreciative of or responsive to beauty
Ameliorate (v)
Make better
Ascetic (n)
One who practices self-denial esp for religion
Avarice (n)
Greed esp for wealth
Axiom (n)
Well known principle
Burgeon (v)
Grow rapidly
Bucolic (adj)
Rustic and rural
Cacophony (n)
Harsh
Canon (n)
Established set of principles or code of law
Castigation (n)
Severe punishment
Catalyst (n)
A substance that accelerates the rate of chemical reaction
Caustic (adj)
Burning or stinging
Chary (adj)
Wary
Cogent (adj)
Convincing
Complaisance (n)
Willingly comply to the wishes of others
Contentious (adj)
Argumentative
Contrite (adj)
Regretful
Culpable (adj)
Deserving blame
Dearth (n)
Smallness in quantity; scarce
Demur (v)
To question or oppose
Didactic (adj)
Intended to teach or instruct
Discretion (n)
Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
Disinterested (adj)
Impartial
Dogmatic (adj)
Expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improbable principles
Ebullience (n)
The quality of lively or enthusiastic expressions of thoughts and feelings
Eclectic (adj)
Composed of different things
Elegy (n)
A sad poem
Emollient (adj/n)
Soothing for the skin/lotion
Empirical (adj)
Based on observation or experiment
Ephemeral (adj)
Brief
Esoteric (adj)
Intended or understood by a small specific group
Eulogy (n)
Speech honoring dead
Exonerate (v)
Remove blame
Facetious (adj)
Playful; humorous
Fallacy (n)
Mistaken belief
Furtive (adj)
Marked by stealth
Gregarious (adj)
Sociable; outgoing
Harangue (v/n)
To deliver a pompous speech
Heretical (adj)
Violating accepted dogma or convention
Hyperbole (n)
An exaggerated statement
Impecunious (adj)
Lacking funds
Incipient (adj)
Beginning to come into being
Inert (adj)
Unmoving; lethargic
Innocuous (adj)
Harmless
Intransigent (adj)
Refusing to compromise
Inveigle (v)
To obtain by deception or flattery
Morose (adj)
Sad
Odious (adj)
Evoking intense aversion or dislike
Opaque (adj)
No light enters or reflects
Oscillation (n)
The act of swinging back and forth
Penurious (adj)
Penny-pinching; Scrooge
Pernicious (adj)
Extremely harmful and deadly
Peruse (v)
Examine carefully
Pious (adj)
Extremely reverent
Precursor (n)
One that precedes and indicates or announces another
Preen (v)
Groom
Prodigious (adj)
Abundant in size, force or extent
Prolific (adj)
Producing large quantities
Putrefy (v)
To rot
Quaff (v)
Drink deeply
Quiescence (n)
Stillness
Redoubtable (adj)
Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
Sanction (n/v)
Authoritative permission or approval; give permission or approval to
Satire (n)
A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
Squalid (adj)
Sordid; wretched and dirty from neglect
Stoic (adj)
No feeling for pain or pleasure
Supplant (v)
To take place of
Torpid (adj)
Lethargic, sluggish
Ubiquitous (adj)
Widespread
Urbane (adj)
Sophisticated; elegant
Vilify (v)
To defame
Viscous (adj)
Thick; sticky