Hit Parade Group 3 Flashcards
Adulterated
V: to reduce purity y combining with inferior ingredients
Acumen
N: the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain.
“business acumen”
Amalgamate
V: to combine several elements into a whole
N: amalgamation
Aver
V: to state as a fact; to declare or assert
Bombastic
Adj: important sounding language that is meaningless; to be full of hot air
Diatribe
N: a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.
“a diatribe against the Roman Catholic Church”
Dissemble
V: to disguise or conceal; to mislead
Eccentric
Adj: departing from norms or conventions
Endemic
Adj: characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
Evanescent
Adj: tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
Exacerbate
V: igˈzasərˌbāt/
make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.
“the forest fire was exacerbated by the lack of rain”
Fervent
Adj: greatly emotional or zealous
having or displaying a passionate intensity.
N: fervor
Fortuitous
Adj: happened by accident or chance
Grandiloquence
N: Pompous speech or expression
Adj:grandiloquent
Germane
Adj: relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
Like “Germany” is now relevant in soccer
Hackneyed
Adj: ˈhaknēd
(of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite.
Rendered trite or common place by frequent usage
“hackneyed old sayings”
Halcyon
Adj: hal-see-uhn
Calm and peaceful
Hedonism
N: the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the most important goal in life
Hegemony
N: leadership or dominance, esp by one country or social group over others
Iconoclast
N: one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
Impassive
Adj: revealing no emotion
A person saying-“I’m Passive (Not Active)”, that means he has no feelings,emotions.
Imperturbable
Adj: im·per·turb·a·ble
unable to be upset or excited; calm.
Implacable
Adj: not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
Impunity
N: immunity from punishment or penalty
Immune to punishment
Inchoate
inˈkō-it,-āt/ : adjective
just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.
“a still inchoate democracy”
Infelicitous
/infəˈlisitəs/ - adj
If the ultimate outcome is awkward or unhappy, it’s infelicitous; unfortunate; inappropriate.
when something doesn’t work quite right
Infelicitous
/infəˈlisitəs/ - adj
If the ultimate outcome is awkward or unhappy, it’s infelicitous; unfortunate; inappropriate.
when something doesn’t work quite right
Loquacious
Adj: lōˈkwāSHəs
extremely talkative
Malevolent
ma·lev·o·lent - məˈlevələnt/
adjective
having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
“the glint of dark, malevolent eyes”
Mendacity
N: the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
Men+audacity: men have the audacity to lie
Adj: mendacious
Misanthrope
mis·an·thrope - ˈmisənˌTHrōp,ˈmiz/
noun
a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.
synonyms: hater of mankind, hater, cynic
Mitigate
V: to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
Penury
ˈpenyərē
extreme poverty; destitution
Obdurate
ob·du·rate - ˈäbd(y)ərit/ - Adj
stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.
[OB+DURA(RELATE IT TO WORD DURABLE; anything DURAble provides resistance and is STUBBORN]
Pervasive
spreading or spread throughout [common things are pervasive- like greed and cheap perfume]
Pine
have a desire for something or someone who is not present
Pith
the essential part of something (used figuratively; Noun form = the spongy tissue in plant stems)
Pithy
a phrase or statement that is brief but full of substance and meaning. [proverbs and sayings are pithy]
Placate
to appease; make (someone) less angry or hostile [From Latin PLACARE “to calm or soothe”]
Polemical
pəˈlemikəl
of, relating to, or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech
Platitude
a trite or obvious remark
English language contains many old, worn-out clichés, or platitudes. Phrases like “ants in your pants” and “as American as apple pie”
flat + attitude: something flat does not attract us as it is very common. So you will obviously give trite remarks.
Prodigal
spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant; having or giving something on a lavish scale
Profuse
extravagent; (especially of something offered or discharged) exuberantly plentiful; abundant
Proliferate
increase rapidly in numbers; multiply
Queries
questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
Querulous
complaining in a petulant or whining manner
Rancorous
characterized by long-lasting bitterness or resentment
Recalcitrant
riˈkalsətrənt
difficult to manage; obstinately fefiant of authority
Repudiate
to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
Rescind
to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
Reverent
rev(ə)rənt
feeling or showing deep and solemn respect
Salubrious
səˈlo͞obrēəs
health-giving; healthy
Solvent
1) able to meet financial obligations
2) able to dissolve another substance
Specious
spēSHəs
superficially plausible, but actually wrong; misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive
Spurious
lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
Succinct
brief; concise
Surfeit
sərfət
an excessive amount of something
Tenacity
the quality or fact of being very determined; persistent determination
Tenuous
tenyo͞oəs
very weak or slight; having little substance or strength
Tirade
a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation
Transient
lasting a very short time
Zealous
fervent; ardent; impassioned; marked by active interest and enthusiasm [a zealot is a zealous person]
