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The Hit Parade #1 Flashcards

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Abscond (v)

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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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Aberrant (adj)

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deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration)

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Alacrity (n)

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eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly (n)

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deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous)

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Approbation (n)

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an expression of approval or praise

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Arduous (adj)

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strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

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Assuage (v)

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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

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Audacious (adj)

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daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity)

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Austere (adj)

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without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity)

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Axiomatic (adj)

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taken as given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)

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Canonical (adj)

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following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun form: canon)

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Capricious (adj)

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inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

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Censure (v)

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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Chicanery (n)

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trickery or subterfuge

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Connoisseur (n)

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an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

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Convoluted (adj)

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complex or complicated

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Disabuse (v)

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to undeceive; to set right

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Discordant (adj)

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conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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Disparate (adj)

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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Effrontery (n)

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extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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Eloquent (adj)

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well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence)

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Enervate (v)

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to weaken; to reduce in vitality

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Ennui (n)

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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate (v)

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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj. form: equivocal)

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Erudite (adj)
very learned; scholarly (noun form: erudition)
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Exculpate (v)
exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exigent (adj)
urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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Extemporaneous (adj)
improvised; done without preparation
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Filibuster (noun)
intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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Fulminate (v)
to loudly attack or denounce
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Ingenuous (adj)
artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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Inured (adj)
accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Irascible (adj)
easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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Laud (v)
to praise highly (adj. form: laudatory)
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Lucid (adj)
clear; easily understood
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Magnanimity (n)
the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (adj. form: magnanimous)
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Martial (adj)
associated with war and the armed forces
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Mundane (adj)
of the world; typically of or concerned with the ordinary
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Nascent (adj)
coming into being; in early developmental stages
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Nebulous (adj)
vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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Neologism (n)
a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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Noxious (adj)
harmful, injurious
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Obtuse (adj)
lacking sharpness or intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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Obviate (v)
to anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous (adj)
troubling; burdensome
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Paean (n)
a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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Parody (n)
a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art
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Perennial (adj)
recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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Perfidy (n)
intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj. form: perfidious)
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Perfunctory (adj)
cursory; done without care or interest
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Perspicacious (adj)
accurately perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)
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Prattle (v)
to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Precipitate (adj)
acting with excessive haste or impulse
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Precipitate (v)
to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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Predilection (n)
a disposition n favor of something; preference
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Prescience (n)
foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj. form: prescient)
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Prevaricate (v)
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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Qualms (n)
misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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Recant (v)
to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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Refute (v)
to disprove; to successfully argue against
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Relegate (v)
to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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Reticent (adj)
quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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Solicitous (adj)
concerned and attentive; eager
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Sordid (adj)
characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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Sporadic (adj)
occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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Squander (verb)
to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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Static (adj)
not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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Stupefy (v)
to stun, baffle, or amaze
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Stymie (v)
to block, to thwart
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Synthesis (n)
the combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)
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Torque (n)
a force that causes rotation
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Tortuous (adj)
winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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Truculent (adj)
fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Veracity (n)
truthfulness, honesty
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Virulent (adj)
extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Voracious (adj)
having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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Waver (v)
to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

GRE Vocab - "The Hit Parade" (4 decks)

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