Hit Parade Group 3 Flashcards
Adulterate (v)
To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
Acumen (n)
Keen, accurate judgement
Amalgamate (v)
To combine several elements into a whole
Archaic (adj)
Outdated
Aver (v)
To state as a fact
Bolster (v)
To provide support or reinforcement
Bombastic (adj)
Pompous
Diatribe (n)
A harsh denunciation
Dissemble (v)
Disguise or conceal
Eccentric (adj)
Departing from norms
Endemic (adj)
Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
Evanescent (adj)
Tending to disappear like vapor; vanish
Exacerbate (v)
To make worse
Fervent (adj)
Greatly emotional or zealous
Fortuitous (adj)
Happening by accident
Germane (adj)
Relevant to the subject
Grandiloquence (n)
Pompous speech or expression
Hackneyed (adj)
Stays common from frequent use
Halcyon (adj)
Calm and peaceful
Hedonism (n)
Devotion to pleasurable pursuits esp senses
Hegemony (n)
Consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
Iconoclast (n)
One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
Idolatrous (adj)
Given to intense or excessive devotion
Impassive (adj)
Revealing no emotion
Imperturbable (adj)
Extreme calm
Implacable (adj)
Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
Impunity (n)
Immunity from punishment or penalty
Inchoate (adj)
In an initial stage
Infelicitous (adj)
Unfortunate; inappropriate
Insipid (adj)
Tasteless
Loquacious (adj)
Extremely talkative
Luminous (adj)
Bright
Malevolent (adj)
Having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
Malleable (adj)
Capable of being shaped or formed
Mendacity (n)
Dishonesty
Meticulous (adj)
Attentive to detail
Misanthrope (n)
One who hates all humans
Mitigate (v)
To moderate
Obdurate (adj)
Unyielding
Obsequious (adj)
Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
Occlude (v)
To obstruct or block
Opprobrium (n)
Disgrace, contempt; scorn
Pedagogy (n)
The profession or principle of teaching or instructing
Pedantic (adj)
Overly concerned with learning
Penury (n)
Poverty
Pervasive (adj)
Tendency to permeate or spread throughout
Pine (v)
To lose vigor
Pirate (v)
Illegally use or reproduce
Pith (n)
Essential or central part
Pithy (adj)
Precise and brief
Placate (v)
To appease
Platitude (n)
A superficial remark
Plummet (v)
To plunge or drop straight down
Polemical (adj)
Controversial; argumentative
Prodigal (adj)
Recklessly wasteful; lavish
Profuse (adj)
Given it coming forth abundantly
Queries (n)
Questions; inquiries
Querulous (adj)
Prone to complaining or grumbling
Rancorous (adj)
Characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
Recalcitrant (adj)
Obstinately defiant of authority
Repudiate (v)
Disown
Rescind (v)
Invalidate, repeal
Reverent (adj)
Marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of awe and respect
Rhetoric (n)
The art or study of effective language use for communication and persuasion
Salubrious (adj)
Promoting health or well-being
Solvent (adj)
Able to meet financial obligations; dissolvable by another substance
Specious (adj)
Seeing true, but actually false
Spurious (adj)
Counterfeit
Subpoena (n)
A court order requiring appearance
Succinct (adj)
Brief
Superfluous (adj)
Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
Surfeit (v)
An overabundant supply
Tenacity (n)
Persistent determination
Tenuous (adj)
Having little substance or strength
Tirade (n)
A long and critical speech
Transient (adj)
Fleeting
Zealous (adj)
Devoted to a cause; fervent