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Hit Parade Group 3 Flashcards

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Acumen

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keen, accurate judgement or insight

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Adulterate

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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Amalgamate

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to combine several elements into a whole (noun form: amalgamation)

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Archaic

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outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time

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Aver

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to state as a fact; to declare or assert

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Bolster

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to provide support or reinforcement

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Bombastic

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pompous; grandiloquent (noun form: bombast)

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Diatribe

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a harsh denunciation

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Dissemble

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to disguise or conceal; to mislead

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Eccentric

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departing from norms or conventions

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Endemic

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characteristic of or often found in particular locality, region, or people

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Evanescent

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tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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Exacerbate

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to make worse or more severe

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Fervent

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greatly emotional or zealous (noun form: fervor)

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Fortuitous

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happening by accident or chance

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Germane

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relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

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Grandiloquence

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pompous speech or expression (adj. form: grandiloquent)

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Hackneyed

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rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

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Hedonism

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of the senses (a hedonist is someone who pursues pleasure)

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Hegemony

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the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others

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Iconoclast

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one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

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Idolatrous

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given to intense or excessive devotion to something (noun form: idolatry)

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Impassive

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revealing no emotion

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Imperturbable

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marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

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Implacable
not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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Impunity
immunity from punishment or penalty
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Inchoate
in an initial stage; not fully formed
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Infelicitous
unfortunate; inappropriate
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Insipid
without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
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Loquacious
extremely talkative (noun form: loquacity)
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Luminous
characterized by brightness and the emission of light
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Malevolent
having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred (noun form: malevolence)
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Malleable
capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
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Mendacity
the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty (adj. form: mendacious)
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Meticulous
characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
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Misanthrope
one who hates all other humans (adj. form: misanthropic)
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Mitigate
to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
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Obdurate
unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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Occlude
to obstruct or block
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Opprobrium
disgrace; contempt; scorn
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Pedagogy
the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing
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Pedantic
overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge
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Penury
poverty; destitution
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Pervasive
having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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Pine
to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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Pirate
to illegally use or reproduce
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Pith
the essential or central part
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Pithy
precise and brief
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Placate
to appease; to calm by making concessions
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Platitude
a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful
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Plummet
to plunge or drop straight down
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Polemical
controversial; argumentative
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Prodigal
recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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Profuse
given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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Proliferate
to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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Queries
questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
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Querulous
prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
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Rancorous
characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment (noun form: rancor)
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Recalcitrant
obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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Repudiate
to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
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Rescind
to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
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Reverent
marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect (noun form: reverence)
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Rhetoric
the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
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Salubrious
promoting health or well-being
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Solvent
able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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Specious
seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
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Spurious
lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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Subpoena
a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
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Succinct
brief; concise
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Superfluous
exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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Surfeit
an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess
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Tenacity
the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination (adj. form: tenacious)
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Tenuous
having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
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Tirade
a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
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Transient
fleeting; passing quickly; brief
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Zealous
fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause (a zealot is a zealous person)

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