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Hit Parade 2 Flashcards

1
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Abate

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  • to lessen in intensity or degrees

- allay

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Accolade

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An expression of praise

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Adulation

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Intense adoration

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Ameliorate

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To make better or more tolerable

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5
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Avarice

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Greed (wealth)

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Axiom

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A universally recognized principle

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Burgeon

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To grow rapidly or flourish

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Cacophony

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  • harsh, jarring, discordant sound

- dissonance

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Castigation

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Severe criticism or punishment

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Caustic

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  • burning or stinging

- causing corrosion

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Chary

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Wary; cautious; sparing (scary)

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Cogent

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Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing

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13
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Complaisance

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The willingness to comply with the wishes of others

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Contrite

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  • regretful
  • penitent
  • seeking forgiveness
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Culpable

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Deserving blame (inculpatory)

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Dearth

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  • smallness of quantity or number

- scarcity

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Discretion

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  • cautious reserve in speech

- ability to make responsible decisions

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Disinterested

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  • free of bias or self-interest

- impartial

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Dogmatic

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Expressing a rigid opinion on unproved or improvable principles

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Ebullience

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The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

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Eclectic

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Composed of elements drawn from various sources

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Emollient

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  • soothing, mollifying
  • making less harsh
  • an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
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Empirical

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Based on observation or experiment

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Enigmatic

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  • mysterious, obscure, cryptic

- difficult to understand

25
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Ephemeral

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Brief, fleeting

26
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Esoteric

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Intended for or understood by a small, specific group

27
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Eulogy

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Speech honoring the dead

28
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Attenuate

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To weaken or reduce in force/intensity

29
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Fallacy

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An invalid or incorrect notion

30
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Furtive

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  • marked by stealth
  • covert
  • surreptitious
31
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Gregarious

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  • sociable

- enjoying the company of other people

32
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Heretical

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Violating accepted dogma or convention

33
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Impecunious

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Lacking funds

34
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Incipient

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  • Beginning to come into being

- becoming apparent

35
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Inveigle

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To obtain by deception or flattery

36
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Morose

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  • sad
  • sullen
  • melancholy
37
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Odious

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Evoking intense aversion

38
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Penurious

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  • penny-pinching

- ungenerous

39
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Peruse

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To examine with great care

40
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Pious

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Extremely reverent or devout

41
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Precursor

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One that precedes and indicates or announces another

42
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Preen

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  • to dress up

- to groom oneself with elaborate care

43
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Prodigious

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Abundant in size, force, or extent

44
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Prolific

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  • producing large volumes or amounts

- productive

45
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Putrefy

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To decay and give off a foul odor

46
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Quaff

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To drink deeply

47
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Quiescence

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Motionless

48
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Redoubtable

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Awe-inspiring

49
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Sanction

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  • a penalty intended to enforce compliance

- to give permission or authority

50
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Satire

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A literary work that criticizes a human vice through humor or derision

51
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Squalid

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  • sordid

- wretched and dirty as from neglect

52
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Stoic

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Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain

53
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Ubiquitous

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  • Existing everywhere at the same time

- widespread

54
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Urbane

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  • sophisticated

- refined

55
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Vilify

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To defame

56
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Caprice

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  • a sudden, unpredictable change

- a tendency to change one’s mind without adequate motive

57
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Idiosyncrasy

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a characteristic, habit, mannerism, etc. that is peculiar to an individual.

58
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Calumny

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Slander, defamation

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