Flashcards in Hit Parade 2 Deck (58)
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Abate
- to lessen in intensity or degrees
- allay
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Accolade
An expression of praise
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Adulation
Intense adoration
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Ameliorate
To make better or more tolerable
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Avarice
Greed (wealth)
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Axiom
A universally recognized principle
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Burgeon
To grow rapidly or flourish
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Cacophony
- harsh, jarring, discordant sound
- dissonance
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Castigation
Severe criticism or punishment
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Caustic
- burning or stinging
- causing corrosion
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Chary
Wary; cautious; sparing (scary)
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Cogent
Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
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Complaisance
The willingness to comply with the wishes of others
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Contrite
- regretful
- penitent
- seeking forgiveness
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Culpable
Deserving blame (inculpatory)
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Dearth
- smallness of quantity or number
- scarcity
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Discretion
- cautious reserve in speech
- ability to make responsible decisions
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Disinterested
- free of bias or self-interest
- impartial
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Dogmatic
Expressing a rigid opinion on unproved or improvable principles
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Ebullience
The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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Eclectic
Composed of elements drawn from various sources
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Emollient
- soothing, mollifying
- making less harsh
- an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
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Empirical
Based on observation or experiment
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Enigmatic
- mysterious, obscure, cryptic
- difficult to understand
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Ephemeral
Brief, fleeting
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Esoteric
Intended for or understood by a small, specific group
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Eulogy
Speech honoring the dead
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Attenuate
To weaken or reduce in force/intensity
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Fallacy
An invalid or incorrect notion
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