Hitlist 1 Flashcards
Abscond
To depart
To steal off and hide
Aberrant
Deviating from the norm
Alacrity
Eager and enthusiastic willingness
Anomaly
Deviating from the normal order, form, or rule.
Abnormality
Approbation
An expression of approval or praise
Arduous
Strenuous, taxing
Requiring significant effort
Audacious
Daring and fearless
Recklessly bold
Austere
Without adornment
Bare
Severely simple
Axiomatic
Taken as a given
Possessing self-evident truth
Canonical
Following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards
Capricious
Inclined to change ones mind impulsively
Erratic
Unpredictable
Censure
To criticize severely
To officially rebuke
Chicanery
Trickery
Connoisseur
An informed and astute judge in matters of taste
Expert
Convoluted
Complex or complicated
Disabuse
To undeceive
To set right
Discordant
Conflicting
Dissonant or harsh in sound
Disparate
Distinct or dissimilar
Effrontery
Extreme boldness
Presumptuousness
Eloquent
Well spoken
Expressive
Articulate
Enervate
To weaken
To reduce in vitality
Ennui
Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
Equivocate
To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
Erudite
Very learned
Scholarly
Exculpate
To clear blame of
Exigent
Urgent
Pressing
Requiring urgent action or attention
Extemporaneous
Improvised
Done without preparation
Filibuster
Intentional obstruction
Using prolonged speech making to delay legislative action
Fulminate
To loudly attack or denounce
Ingenuous
Artless
Frank and candid
Lacking in sophisticated
Inured
Accustomed to accepting something undesired
Irascible
Easily angered
Prone to outbursts
Laud
To praise highly
Lucid
Clear
Easily understood
Magnanimity
The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, ESP, in forgiving
Martial
Associated with war and the armed forces
Mundane
Of the world
Typical of or concerned with the ordinary
Waver
To move to and from
To sway
To be unsettled in opinion
Voracious
Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit
Ravenous
Virulent
Extremely harmful or poisonous
Bitterly hostile or antagonistic
Veracity
Truthfulness
Honesty
Truculent
Fierce and cruel
Eager to fight
Tortuous
Winding
Twisting
Excessively complicated
Torque
A force that causes rotation
Synthesis
The combination of parts to make a whole
Stymie
To block
Stupefy
To stun, baffle, or amaze
Static
Not moving
At rest
Squander
To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
Sporadic
Occurring only occasionally
Sordid
characterized by filth, grime, or squalor
foul
Solicitous
concerned and attentive
eager
Reticent
quite
reserved
reluctant to express feelings
Relegate
to forcibly assign esp to a lower place or position
Refute
to disprove of
to successfully argue against
Recant
to retract
Qualms
misgivings
reservations
causes for hesitancy
Prevaricate
to deliberately avoid the truth
to mislead
Prescience
foreknowledge of events
knowing of events prior to thier occurring
Predilection
a disposition in favor of something
preference
Precipitate (verb)
to cause or happen before anticipated or required
Precipitate (adj)
acting with excessive impulse
Prattle
to babble meaninglessly
Perspicacious
acutely perceptive
Perfunctory
done without care or interest
Perfidy
treachery
Perennial
happening repeatedly
Parody
a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect esp in literature or art
Paean
a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
Onerous
troubling
bourdensome
Obviate
Avoid
Prevent
Obtuse
lacking in sharpness of intellect
not clear or precise in thought or expression
Noxious
harmful
injurious
Neologism
a new word, expression, or usage
the creation or use of new words or senses
Nebulous
vague
cloudy
lacking clearly defined form
Nascent
coming into being
in early developmental stages
effect
result
consequence
indifferent
without interest or concern
having no bias, prejudice, preference
Analogous
agreeing
similar
Acute
sharp or severe in effect
intense
extremely great or serious, crucial, critical
