Hit Parade Group 3 Flashcards by Staci Szymanski

Adulterate (v)

To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Acumen (n)

Keen, accurate judgement

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Amalgamate (v)

To combine several elements into a whole

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Archaic (adj)

Outdated

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Aver (v)

To state as a fact

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Bolster (v)

To provide support or reinforcement

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Bombastic (adj)

Pompous

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Diatribe (n)

A harsh denunciation

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Dissemble (v)

Disguise or conceal

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Eccentric (adj)

Departing from norms

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Endemic (adj)

Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people

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Evanescent (adj)

Tending to disappear like vapor; vanish

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Exacerbate (v)

To make worse

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Fervent (adj)

Greatly emotional or zealous

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Fortuitous (adj)

Happening by accident

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Germane (adj)

Relevant to the subject

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Grandiloquence (n)

Pompous speech or expression

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Hackneyed (adj)

Stays common from frequent use

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Halcyon (adj)

Calm and peaceful

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Hedonism (n)

Devotion to pleasurable pursuits esp senses

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Hegemony (n)

Consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others

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Iconoclast (n)

One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

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Idolatrous (adj)

Given to intense or excessive devotion

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Impassive (adj)

Revealing no emotion

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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