Princeton - Beyond the Hit Parade Group 1 Flashcards

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Appropriate (v)

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To take for one’s own use; confiscate

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Alloy (v)

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To commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior

unalloyed means pure

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Arrest, arresting (v)/(adj)

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To suspend; to engage; holding one’s attention: as in arrested adolescence, as arresting point

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August (adj)

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Majestic, venerable

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Bent (n)

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Leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

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Broach (v)

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To bring up; to announce; to begin to talk about

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Brook (v)

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To tolerate; to endure; to countenance

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Cardinal (adj)

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Major; as in a cardinal sin

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Chauvinist (n)

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A blindly devoted patriot

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Color (v)

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To change as if by dyeing, i.e., to distort, gloss, or affect
(usually the first)

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Consequential (adj)

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Pompous, self-important

primary definitions are: logically following; important

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Damp (v)

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To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound

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Die (n)

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A tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop

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Essay (v)

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To test or try; to attempt; to experiment

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Exact (v)

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To demand; to call for; to require; to take

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Fell (v)

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To cause to fall by striking

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Fell (adj)

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Inhumanly cruel

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Flag (adj)

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To sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline

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Flip (adj)

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Sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant: a flip remark

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Ford (v)

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To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

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Grouse (v)

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To complain or grumble

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Guy (n)

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A rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy
(think guide)

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Intimate (v)

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To imply, suggest, or insinuate

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List (v)

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To tilt or lean to one side

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Lumber (v)

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To move heavily and clumsily

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Meet (adj)

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Fitting, proper

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Milk (v)

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To exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of

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Mince (v)

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To pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize, to speak carefully. Also, to take tiny steps; to tiptoe

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Nice (adj)

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Exacting, fastidious, extremely precise

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Obtain (adj)

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To be established, accepted, or customary

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Occult (adj)

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Hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

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Pedestrian (adj)

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Commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian

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Pied (adj)

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Multicolored, usually in blotches

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Pine (v)

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To lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn

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Plastic (adj)

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Moldable, pliable, not rigid

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Pluck (n)

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Courage, spunk, fortitude

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Prize (v)

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To pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils

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Rail (v)

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To complain about bitterly

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Rent (v)

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Torn (past tense of rend); an opening or tear caused by such

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Quail (v)

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To lose courage; to turn frightened

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Qualify (v)

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To limit

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Sap (v)

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To enervate or weaken the vitality of

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Sap (n)

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A fool or nitwit

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Scurvy (adj)

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Contemptible, despicable

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Singular (adj)

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Exceptional, unusual, odd

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Stand (n)

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A group of trees

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Steep (v)

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To saturate or completely soak, as in to let a tea bag steep

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Strut (n)

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The supporting structural cross-part of a wing

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Table (v)

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To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration

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Tender (v)

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To proffer or offer

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Waffle (v)

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To equivocate; to change one’s position

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Wag (n)

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Wit, joker