Flashcards in Hit Parade 1 Deck (56)
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Abscond
To steal and hide off
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Aberrant
Deviating from the norm
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Alacrity
Eager and enthusiastic willingness
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Approbation
expression of praise
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Arduous
- taxing
- requiring significant effort
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Audacious
- daring and fearless
- recklessly bold
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Austere
- bare
- severely simple
- ascetic
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Axiomatic
taken as given (self-evident truth)
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Canonical
Following accepted, traditional standards
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Chicanery
Trickery or subterfuge
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Connoisseur
An informed and astute expert in matters of taste
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Convoluted
Complex or complicated
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Disabuse
To set right
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Discordant
- conflicting
- dissonant or harsh in sound
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Disparate
Distinct or dissimilar
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Enervate
To weaken
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Exculpatory
exonerate (clear of blame)
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Exigent
- urgent or pressing
- requires immediate attention
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Extemporaneous
- improvised
- done without preparation
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Filibuster
Intentional obstruction: using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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Ingenuous
- honest and truthful (candid)
- lacking in sophistication
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Irascible
- easily angered
- prone to outbursts
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Laud
(Verb) to praise highly
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Lucid
- clear
- easily understood
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Magnanimity
To quality of being generously noble in mind and heart - esp forgiving
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Mundane
Typical or concerned with the ordinary
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Noxious
Harmful, injurious
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Obviate
To anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous
Troubling, burdensome
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