Hit Parade: Group 3 Flashcards

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aberrant

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Deviating from the norm
“Miley is very aberrant, she is not like everyone wants her to be”

“It is aberrant that she does not want to be line everyone else”

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Ambiguous

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Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning

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Anachronistic

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Belonging to another time, removed from natural chronological context
“The way she dressed was anachronistic, even though it was 2000 she was dressing like it was 1970”

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anomalous

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Abnormal; Deviating from the common, normal type.

“Many people thought that when Britney Spears shaved her head it was anomalous, not normal.”

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Anomaly

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Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule. Abnormality.

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Archaic

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Outdated; associated with an earlier, more primitive time.

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ascetic

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One who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion
“That guy in the Da Vinci Code who whipped himself was ascetic”

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Banal

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Lacking originality; commonplace

“To me, most people going to their 9-5 jobs and drinking on the weekend are banal, and basic”

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Brilliance

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Extreme brightness; possessing luminosity or genius.

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Camouflage

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A means of disguising people or things to blend them in with their surroundings.

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Commensurate

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Matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree, size or amount.
“Salary is commensurate with experience”
“Salary matches your experience”

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Conspicuous

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Easily visible; obvious

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Derivative

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Unoriginal; Obtained from another source

“Getting a 9-5 job is a very derivative thought, unoriginal”

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Deviance

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State or quality of differing from the accepted norm; abnormality.

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Deviation

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Departure or wandering away from the accepted standard.

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Discrete

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Distinct; individual
“Shaving your head as a woman is a very discrete, and distinct decision”
Discrete math

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Diffuse

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Dispersed or scattered; not centralized

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Digress

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To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent.

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Discordant

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Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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Disinterest

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Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality

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Disinterested

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Uninvolved; free from self-interest

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Dispersed

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Spread out or scattered

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Distention

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The state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
“My stomach can experience distention or bloating out of shape”
Tension in your distal area.. bloated

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eccentric

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Departing from norms or conventions.

“Essentially unique”

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eclectic
Culled from many sources "That outfit is eclectic - it comes from many different sources/ ideas on fashion." "A collection from many sources"
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Emulate
To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing | "I hope to imitate Elon Musk and one day surpass him."
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Enigmatic
Mysterious; obscure, difficult to understand | "Enigma in the new batman.. puzzles, mystery and difficult to understand"
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esoteric
Intended or understood by a small specific group. "String theory is esoteric, although I wish more people understood it" - Most people who understand esoteric scientific topics have a small ego because the more you know the less you realize you know
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Flamboyant
Ostentatious or showy; flashy
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Florid
Flowery; ruddy; ornate
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Heretical
Unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma
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Hierarchy
A system in which individuals or things are ranked in a specific order.
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Homogeneous
Made up of elements that are similar in nature or kind; uniform.
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Iconoclastic
Attacking cherished beliefs; hierarchal; heterodox
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Idiosyncrasy
A quirk to a particular group or individual
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Imperturbable
Marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness
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Innocuous
Harmless; causing no damage
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marginal
Relating to or at the edge or boundary; minimal
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Maverick
An independent individual that does not go along with a group or party
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Mitigate
To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
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Monotonous
Dull and without variety; tedious
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Mundane
Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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Ostracism
The act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment
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Perennial
Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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Recluse
One who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion
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Scarce
Rare and insufficient
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Sporadic
Occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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superfluous
Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary | "Being really super and going beyond what is sufficient"
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Symmetry
The quality of being evenly balanced; the possession of perfect correspondence between sides or parts
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Tangential
Touching only briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant | "To be tangible for a short period of time, also irrelevant"
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Temper
To moderate or soothe
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temperate
Moderate; marked by restraint and a lack of extremes