Beyond the Hit Parade Group 1 Flashcards
(99 cards)
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Alloy Part of Speech
A
Verb
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Appropriate Part of Speech
A
Verb
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Arrest[ing] Part of Speech
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Adj
Verb
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August Part of Speech
A
Adj
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Bent Part of Speech
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Noun
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Alloy
A
To commingle
To debase by mixing with something inferior
(Unalloyed = pure)
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Appropriate
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To take for one’s own use
To confiscate
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Arrest[ing]
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To suspend
To engage
Holding one’s attention as in arrested adolescence, an arresting portrait
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August
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Majestic, venerable
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Bent
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Leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency
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Broach Part of Speech
A
Verb
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Brook Part of Speech
A
Verb
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Cardinal Part of Speech
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Adj
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Chauvinist Part of Speech
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Noun
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Color Part of Speech
A
Verb
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Consequential Part of Speech
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Adj
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Damp Part of Speech
A
Verb
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Die Part of Speech
A
Noun
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Essay Part of Speech
A
Verb
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Exact Part of Speech
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Verb
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Fell Part of Speech
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Verb
Adj
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Flag Part of Speech
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Verb
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Flip Part of Speech
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Adj
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Ford Part of Speech
A
Verb
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Grouse Part of Speech
Verb
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Guy Part of Speech
Noun
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Intimate Part of Speech
Verb
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Lumber Part of Speech
Verb
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Meet Part of Speech
Adj
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Milk Part of Speech
Verb
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Mince Part of Speech
Verb
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Nice Part of Speech
Adj
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Occult Part of Speech
Adj
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Pedestrian Part of Speech
Adj
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Pied Part of Speech
Adj
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Pine Part of Speech
Verb
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Plastic Part of Speech
Adj
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Pluck Part of Speech
Noun
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Prize Part of Speech
Verb
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Rail Part of Speech
Verb
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Broach
To bring up
To announce
To begin to talk about
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Brook
To tolerate
To endure
To countenance
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Cardinal
Major, as in cardinal sin
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Chauvinist
A blindly devoted patriot
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Color
To change is if by dyeing
| To distort, gloss, or affect (usually the first)
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Consequential
Pompous, self-important
Logically following
Important
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Damp
To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
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Die
A tool used for shaping
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Essay
To test or try
To attempt
To experiment
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Exact
To demand
To call for
To require
To take
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Fell (verb)
To cause to fall by striking
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Fell (adj)
Inhumanly cruel
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Flag
To sag or droop
To become spiritless
To decline
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Flip
Sarcastic, impertinent
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Ford
To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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Grouse
To complain or grumble
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Guy
A rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide
To steady or reinforce using a guy
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Intimate
To imply, suggest, or insinuate
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List
To tilt or lean to one side
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Lumber
To move heavily and clumsily
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Meet
Fitting, proper
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Milk
To exploit
| To squeeze every last ounce of
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Mince
To pronounce or speak affectedly
To euphemism, to speak too carefully
Take tiny steps
To tiptoe
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Nice
Exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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Occult
Hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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Pedestrian
Commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian
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Pied
Multicolored, usually in blotches
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Pine
To lose vigor (through grief)
| To yearn
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Plastic
Moldable, pliable, not rigid
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Pluck
Courage, spunk, fortitude
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Prize
To pry, to press or force with a lever
| Something taken by force, spoils
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Rail
To complain about bitterly
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Rent Part of Speech
Verb
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Quail Part of Speech
Verb
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Qualify Part of Speech
Verb
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Sap Part of Speech
Verb
| Noun
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Scurvy Part of Speech
Adj
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Singular Part of Speech
Adj
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Stand Part of Speech
Noun
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Steep Part of Speech
Verb
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Strut Part of Speech
Noun
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Table Part of Speech
Verb
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Tender Part of Speech
Verb
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Waffle Part of Speech
Verb
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Wag Part of Speech
Noun
86
Rent
Torn
| An opening or tear caused by such
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Quail
To lose courage
| To turn frightened
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Qualify
To limit
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Sap (verb)
To enervate or weaken the vitality of
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Sap (noun)
A fool or nitwit
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Scurvy
Contemptible, despicable
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Singular
Exceptional, unusual, odd
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Stand
A group of trees
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Steep
To saturate or completely soak, as in to let a tea bag steep
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Strut
The supporting structural cross-part of a wing
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Table
To remove from consideration
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Tender
To proffer or offer
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Waffle
To equivocate
| To change one's position
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Wag
Wit, joker
