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Hitlist 1 Flashcards

1
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Abscond

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To depart

To steal off and hide

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Aberrant

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Deviating from the norm

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Alacrity

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly

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Deviating from the normal order, form, or rule.

Abnormality

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Approbation

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An expression of approval or praise

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Arduous

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Strenuous, taxing

Requiring significant effort

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Audacious

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Daring and fearless

Recklessly bold

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Austere

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Without adornment
Bare
Severely simple

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Axiomatic

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Taken as a given

Possessing self-evident truth

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Canonical

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Following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards

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Capricious

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Inclined to change ones mind impulsively
Erratic
Unpredictable

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Censure

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To criticize severely

To officially rebuke

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13
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Chicanery

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Trickery

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14
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Connoisseur

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An informed and astute judge in matters of taste

Expert

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15
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Convoluted

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Complex or complicated

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16
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Disabuse

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To undeceive

To set right

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17
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Discordant

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Conflicting

Dissonant or harsh in sound

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18
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Disparate

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Distinct or dissimilar

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19
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Effrontery

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Extreme boldness

Presumptuousness

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Eloquent

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Well spoken
Expressive
Articulate

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21
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Enervate

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To weaken

To reduce in vitality

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Ennui

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Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate

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To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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Erudite

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Very learned

Scholarly

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Exculpate

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To clear blame of

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Exigent

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Urgent
Pressing
Requiring urgent action or attention

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Extemporaneous

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Improvised

Done without preparation

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Filibuster

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Intentional obstruction

Using prolonged speech making to delay legislative action

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29
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Fulminate

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To loudly attack or denounce

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Ingenuous

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Artless
Frank and candid
Lacking in sophisticated

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Inured

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Accustomed to accepting something undesired

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32
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Irascible

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Easily angered

Prone to outbursts

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Laud

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To praise highly

34
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Lucid

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Clear

Easily understood

35
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Magnanimity

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The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, ESP, in forgiving

36
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Martial

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Associated with war and the armed forces

37
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Mundane

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Of the world

Typical of or concerned with the ordinary

38
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Waver

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To move to and from
To sway
To be unsettled in opinion

39
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Voracious

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Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit

Ravenous

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Virulent

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Extremely harmful or poisonous

Bitterly hostile or antagonistic

41
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Veracity

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Truthfulness

Honesty

42
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Truculent

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Fierce and cruel

Eager to fight

43
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Tortuous

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Winding
Twisting
Excessively complicated

44
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Torque

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A force that causes rotation

45
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Synthesis

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The combination of parts to make a whole

46
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Stymie

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To block

47
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Stupefy

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To stun, baffle, or amaze

48
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Static

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Not moving

At rest

49
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Squander

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To waste by spending or using irresponsibly

50
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Sporadic

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Occurring only occasionally

51
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Sordid

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characterized by filth, grime, or squalor

foul

52
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Solicitous

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concerned and attentive

eager

53
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Reticent

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quite
reserved
reluctant to express feelings

54
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Relegate

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to forcibly assign esp to a lower place or position

55
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Refute

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to disprove of

to successfully argue against

56
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Recant

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to retract

57
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Qualms

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misgivings
reservations
causes for hesitancy

58
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Prevaricate

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to deliberately avoid the truth

to mislead

59
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Prescience

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foreknowledge of events

knowing of events prior to thier occurring

60
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Predilection

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a disposition in favor of something

preference

61
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Precipitate (verb)

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to cause or happen before anticipated or required

62
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Precipitate (adj)

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acting with excessive impulse

63
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Prattle

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to babble meaninglessly

64
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Perspicacious

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acutely perceptive

65
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Perfunctory

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done without care or interest

66
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Perfidy

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treachery

67
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Perennial

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happening repeatedly

68
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Parody

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a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect esp in literature or art

69
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Paean

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a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

70
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Onerous

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troubling

bourdensome

71
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Obviate

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Avoid

Prevent

72
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Obtuse

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lacking in sharpness of intellect

not clear or precise in thought or expression

73
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Noxious

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harmful

injurious

74
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Neologism

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a new word, expression, or usage

the creation or use of new words or senses

75
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Nebulous

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vague
cloudy
lacking clearly defined form

76
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Nascent

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coming into being

in early developmental stages

77
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effect

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result

consequence

78
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indifferent

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without interest or concern

having no bias, prejudice, preference

79
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Analogous

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agreeing

similar

80
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Acute

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sharp or severe in effect
intense
extremely great or serious, crucial, critical

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