The Hit Parade #1 Reverse Flashcards by Robyn Hall

to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

Abscond (v)

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deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration)

Aberrant (adj)

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eager and enthusiastic willingness

Alacrity (n)

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

Anomaly (n)

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an expression of approval or praise

Approbation (n)

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strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

Arduous (adj)

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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

Assuage (v)

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

Audacious (adj)

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

Austere (adj)

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

Axiomatic (adj)

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

Canonical (adj)

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

Capricious (adj)

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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

Censure (v)

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trickery or subterfuge

Chicanery (n)

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an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

Connoisseur (n)

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complex or complicated

Convoluted (adj)

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to undeceive; to set right

Disabuse (v)

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conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

Discordant (adj)

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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

Disparate (adj)

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extreme boldness; presumptuousness

Effrontery (n)

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

Eloquent (adj)

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to weaken; to reduce in vitality

Enervate (v)

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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

Ennui (n)

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

Equivocate (v)

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very learned; scholarly (noun form: erudition)

Erudite (adj)

exonerate; to clear of blame

Exculpate (v)

urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

Exigent (adj)

improvised; done without preparation

Extemporaneous (adj)

intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

Filibuster (noun)

to loudly attack or denounce

Fulminate (v)

artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

Ingenuous (adj)

accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Inured (adj)

easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

Irascible (adj)

to praise highly (adj. form: laudatory)

Laud (v)

clear; easily understood

Lucid (adj)

the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (adj. form: magnanimous)

Magnanimity (n)

associated with war and the armed forces

Martial (adj)

of the world; typically of or concerned with the ordinary

Mundane (adj)

coming into being; in early developmental stages

Nascent (adj)

vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

Nebulous (adj)

a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

Neologism (n)

harmful, injurious

Noxious (adj)

lacking sharpness or intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

Obtuse (adj)

to anticipate and make unnecessary

Obviate (v)

troubling; burdensome

Onerous (adj)

a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

Paean (n)

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

Parody (n)

recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

Perennial (adj)

intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj. form: perfidious)

Perfidy (n)

cursory; done without care or interest

Perfunctory (adj)

accurately perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)

Perspicacious (adj)

to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner

Prattle (v)

acting with excessive haste or impulse

Precipitate (adj)

to cause or happen before anticipated or required

Precipitate (v)

a disposition n favor of something; preference

Predilection (n)

foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj. form: prescient)

Prescience (n)

to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

Prevaricate (v)

misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy

Qualms (n)

to retract, esp. a previously held belief

Recant (v)

to disprove; to successfully argue against

Refute (v)

to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position

Relegate (v)

quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

Reticent (adj)

concerned and attentive; eager

Solicitous (adj)

characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

Sordid (adj)

occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

Sporadic (adj)

to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

Squander (verb)

not moving, active, or in motion; at rest

Static (adj)

to stun, baffle, or amaze

Stupefy (v)

to block, to thwart

Stymie (v)

the combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)

Synthesis (n)

a force that causes rotation

Torque (n)

winding, twisting; excessively complicated

Tortuous (adj)

fierce and cruel; eager to fight

Truculent (adj)

truthfulness, honesty

Veracity (n)

extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

Virulent (adj)

having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous

Voracious (adj)

to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

Waver (v)