Vocab Hit Parade Group 1 Flashcards by Sammi S

Abscond Part of Speech

Verb

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Aberrant Part of Speech

Adj

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Alacrity Part of Speech

Noun

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Anomaly Part of Speech

Noun

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Approbation Part of Speech

Noun

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Arduous Part of Speech

Adj

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Assuage Part of Speech

Verb

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Audacious Part of Speech

Adj

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Austere Part of Speech

Adj

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Axiomatic Part of Speech

Adj

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Canonical Part of Speech

Adj

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Capricious Part of Speech

Adj

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Abscond

To depart clandestinely

To steal off and hide

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Aberrant

Deviating from the norm

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Alacrity

Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly

Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule

Abnormality

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Approbation

An expression of approval or praise

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Arduous

Strenuous
Taxing
Requiring significant effort

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Assuage

To ease or lessen

To appease or pacify

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Audacious

Daring and fearless

Recklessly bold

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Austere

Without adornment
Bare
Severely simple
Ascetic

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Axiomatic

Taken as a given

Possessing self-evident truth

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Canonical

Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

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Capricious

Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively, erratic, and unpredictable

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Censure Part of Speech

Verb

Chicanery Part of Speech

Noun

Connoisseur Part of Speech

Noun

Convoluted Part of Speech

Adj

Disabuse Part of Speech

Verb

Discordant Part of Speech

Adj

Disparate Part of Speech

Adj

Effrontery Part of Speech

Noun

Eloquent Part of Speech

Adj

Enervate Part of Speech

Verb

Ennui Part of Speech

Noun

Equivocate Part of Speech

Verb

Erudite Part of Speech

Adj

Exculpate Part of Speech

Verb

Exigent Part of Speech

Adj

Extemporaneous Part of Speech

Adj

Filibuster Part of Speech

Noun

Fulminate Part of Speech

Verb

Ingenuous Part of Speech

Adj

Inured Part of Speech

Adj

Irascible Part of Speech

Adj

Laud Part of Speech

Verb

Lucid Part of Speech

Adj

Magnanimity Part of Speech

Noun

Martial Part of Speech

Adj

Mundane Part of Speech

Adj

Censure

To criticize severely | To officially rebuke

Chicanery

Trickery or subterfuge

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

Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

Effrontery

Extreme boldness | Presumptuousness

Eloquent

Well-spoken Expressive Articulate

Enervate

To weaken | To reduce vitality

Ennui

Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

Equivocate

To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

Erudite

Very learned | Scholarly

Exculpate

Exonerate | To clear of blame

Exigent

Urgent Pressing Requiring immediate action or attention

Extemporaneous

Improvised | Done without preparation

Filibuster

Intentional obstruction | Using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

Fulminate

To loudly attack or denounce

Ingenuous

Artless Frank and candid Lacking in sophistication

Inured

Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Irascible

Easily angered | Prone to temperamental outbursts

Laud

To praise highly

Lucid

Clear | Easily understood

Magnanimity

The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart especially in forgiving

Martial

Associated with war and the armed forces

Mundane

Of the world | Typical of or concerned with the ordinary

Nascent Part of Speech

Adj

Nebulous Part of Speech

Adj

Neologism Part of Speech

Noun

Noxious Part of Speech

Adj

Obtuse Part of Speech

Adj

Obviate Part of Speech

Verb

Onerous Part of Speech

Adj

Paean Part of Speech

Noun

Parody Part of Speech

Noun

Perennial Part of Speech

Adj

Perfidy Part of Speech

Noun

Perfunctory Part of Speech

Adj

Perspicacious Part of Speech

Adj

Prattle Part of Speech

Verb

Precipitate Part of Speech

Adj | Verb

Predilection Part of Speech

Noun

Prescience Part of Speech

Noun

Prevaricate Part of Speech

Verb

Qualms Part of Speech

Noun

Recant Part of Speech

Verb

Refute Part of Speech

Verb

Relegate Part of Speech

Verb

Reticent Part of Speech

Adj

Solicitous Part of Speech

Adj

Sordid Part of Speech

Adj

Nascent

Coming into being | Early developmental stages

Nebulous

Vague Cloudy Lacking clearly defined form

Neologism

A new world, expression, or usage | The creation of use of new words or senses

Noxious

Harmful | Injurious

Obtuse

Lacking sharpness of intellect | Not clear or precise in thought or expression

Obviate

To anticipate and make unnecessary

Onerous

Troubling | Burdensome

Paean

A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

Parody

A humous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect especially in literature and art

Perennial

Recurrent through the year or many years | Happening repeatedly

Perfidy

Intentional breach of faith | Treachery

Perfunctory

Cursory | Done without care or interest

Perspicacious

Acutely perceptive | Having keen discernment

Prattle

To babble meaninglessly | To talk in an empty and idle manner

Precipitate (Adj)

Acting with excessive haste or impulse

Precipitate (Verb)

To cause or happen before anticipated or required

Predilection

A disposition in favor of something | Preference

Prescience

Foreknowledge of events | Knowing of events prior to their occurring

Prevaricate

To deliberately avoid the truth | To mislead

Qualms

Misgivings Reservations Causes for hesitancy

Recant

To retract especially a previously held belief

Refute

To disprove | To successfully argue against

Relegate

To forcibly assign especially to a lower place or position

Reticent

Quiet Reserved Reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

Solicitous

Concerned and attentive | Eager

Sordid

Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor | Foul

Sporadic Part of Speech

Adj

Squander Part of Speech

Verb

Static Part of Speech

Adj

Stupefy Part of Speech

Verb

Stymie Part of Speech

Verb

Synthesis Part of Speech

Noun

Torque Part of Speech

Noun

Tortuous Part of Speech

Adj

Truculent Part of Speech

Adj

Veracity Part of Speech

Noun

Virulent Part of Speech

Adj

Voracious Part of Speech

Adj

Waver Part of Speech

Verb

Sporadic

Occurring only occasionally or in scattered instances

Squander

To waste by spending or using irresponsibly

Static

Not moving, active, or in motion | At rest

Stupefy

To stun, baffle, or amaze

Stymie

To block | To thwart

Synthesis

The combination of parts to make a whole

Torque

A force that causes rotation

Tortuous

Winding, twisting | Excessively complicated

Truculent

Fierce and cruel | Eager to fight

Veracity

Truthfulness, honesty

Virulent

Extremely harmful or poisonous | Bitterly hostile or antagonistic

Voracious

Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit | Ravenous

Waver

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