Hit Parade Group 5 Flashcards by Ronald Chang

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alloy

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commingle; debase by mixing with something inferior

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appropriate

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confiscate; take for own use

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arrest

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holding one’s attention

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august

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venerable, majestic

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venerable

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accorded a great deal of respect

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bent

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inclination, proclivity

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broach

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bring up, announce

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brook

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tolerate, endure, countenance

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countenance

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admit as acceptable; person’s face or facial expression

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cardinal

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major (cardinal sin)

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chauvinist

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blindly devoted patriot

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consequential

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pompous, self-important

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die

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tool for shaping

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essay

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test or try; attempt

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exact

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demand, call for, take

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fell

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cause to fall by striking; humanely cruel

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flag

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sag or droop; decline

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ford

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wade across shallow waters

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grouse

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complain, grumble

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guy

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cord attached to brace or guide

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intimate

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imply, insinuate

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list

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tilt, lean to one side

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lumber

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move clumsily

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meet

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fitting, proper

mince

speak affectedly; euphemize

nice

exacting, fastidious, extremely precise

obtain

established, accepted

occult

hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

pied

multicolored, usually in blotches

pine

lose vigor, yearn

plastic

moldable, not rigid

pluck

spunk, courage, fortitude

prize

pry, press with a lever; taken by force

rail

complain bitterly

rent

torn (past tense of rend)

quail

lose courage, turn frightened

qualify

limit

sap

enervate, weaken

scurvy

contemptible, despicable

singular

unusual, odd

stand

group of trees

steep

saturate, soak

strut

supporting structural cross-part of a wing

table

remove from consideration

tender

offer

waffle

equivocate, change positions

equivocate

use ambiguous language to conceal the truth

wag

wit, joker