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Beyond the Hit Parade 1 Flashcards

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alloy

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(verb) to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior; unalloyed means pure

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appropriate

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(verb) to take for one’s own use; to confiscate

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arrest, arresting

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(verb/adj.) to suspend; to engage; holding one’s attention: as in arrested adolescence, an arresting portrait

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august

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(adj.) majestic, venerable

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bent

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(noun) leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

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broach

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(verb) to bring up; to announce; to begin to talk about

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brook

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(verb) to tolerate; to endure; to countenance

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cardinal

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(adj.) major, as in cardinal sin

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chauvinist

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(noun) a blindly devoted patriot

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color

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

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consequential

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(adj.) pompous, self-important (primary definitions are: logically following; important)

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damp

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(verb) to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound

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die

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(noun) a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop

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essay

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(verb) to test or try; to attempt; to experiment

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exact

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(verb) to demand; to call for; to require; to take

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fell

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(verb) to cause to fall by striking

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fell

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(adj.) inhumanly cruel

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flag

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(verb) to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline

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flip

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(adj.) sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant: a flip remark

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ford

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(verb) to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

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grouse

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(verb) to complain or grumble

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guy

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(noun) brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy: Think guide

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intimate

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(verb) to imply, suggest, or insinuate

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list

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(verb) to tilt or lean to one side

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lumber

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(verb) to move heavily and clumsily

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meet

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(adj.) fitting, proper

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milk

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(verb) to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of

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mince

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(verb) to pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize to speak too carefully. Also, to take tiny steps; to tiptoe

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nice

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(adj.) exacting, fastidious, extremely precise

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obtain

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(adj.) to be established, accepted, or customary

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occult

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(adj.) hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

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pedestrian

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(adj.) commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian

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pied

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(adj.) multicolored, usually in blotches

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pine

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(verb) to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn

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plastic

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(adj.) moldable, pliable, not rigid

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pluck

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(noun) courage, spunk, fortitude

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prize

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(verb) to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils

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rail

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(verb) to complain about bitterly

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rent

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

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quail

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(verb) to lose courage; to turn frightened

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qualify

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(verb) to limit

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sap

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(verb) to enervate or weaken the vitality of

43
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sap

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(noun) a fool or nitwit

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scurvy

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(adj.) contemptible, despicable

45
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singular

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(adj.) exceptional, unusual, odd

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stand

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(noun) a group of trees

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steep

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(verb) to saturate or completely soak, as in to let a tea bag steep

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strut

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(noun) the supporting structural cross-part of a wing

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table

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(verb) to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration

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tender

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(verb) to proffer or offer

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waffle

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(verb) to equivocate; to change one’s position

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wag

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(noun) wit, joker

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