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Hit Parade #2 Flashcards

1
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Abate

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to lessen in intensity or degree

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Accolade

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an expression of praise

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Adulation

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excessive praise; intense adoration

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Aesthetic

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dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to beauty or art

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Ameliorate

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to make better or more tolerable

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Ascetic

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one who practices self-denial especially as an act of religion devotion

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Avarice

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greed for 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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Bucolic

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rustic or pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

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Cacophony

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harsh, jarring, discordant sound

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Canon

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an established set of principles or rules

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Castigation

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severe criticism or punishment

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Catalyst

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a person or thing that causes change;

a substance that accelerates the rate of chemical reaction without itself changing

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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

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Cogent

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convincing;

appealing forcibly to the mind or reason

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Complaisance

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the willingness to comply with the wishes of others

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Contentious

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argumentative;
quarrelsome;
causing controversy

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Contrite

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regretful;
penitent;
seeking forgiveness

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Culpable

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deserving blame

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Dearth

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smallness of quantity or number;

scarcity

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Demur

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to question or oppose

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Didactic

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intended to teach or instruct

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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 based on unproved or improvable principles

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Ebullience

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the quality of lively 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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Elegy

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a mournful poem especially one lamenting the dead

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Emollient

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soothing to 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; difficult to understand

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Ephemeral

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brief; fleeting

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Esoteric

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Intended to be understood by a small, specific group

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Eulogy

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speech honoring the dead

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Exonerate

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to remove blame

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Facetious

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playful; humorous

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Fallacy

A

invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief

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Furtive

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marked by stealth; covert; surreptitous

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Gregarious

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sociable; outgoing

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Harangue

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to deliver pompous speech or tirade

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Heretical

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violating accepted dogma

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Hyperbole

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an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech

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Impecunious

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lacking funds; without money

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Incipient

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beginning to come into being or become apparent

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Inert

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unmoving; lethargic; sluggish

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Innocuous

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harmless

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Intransigent

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refusing to compromise

50
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Inveigle

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to obtain by deception or flattery

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Morose

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sad; sullen

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Odious

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evoking intense aversion or dislike

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Opaque

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not reflecting light; impenetrable by light

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Oscillation

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the act of swinging back and forth

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Penurious

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penny-pinching; excessively thrifty

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Pernicious

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extremely harmful; potentially causing death

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Peruse

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to examine with great care

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Pious

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extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion

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Precursor

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one that precedes and indicates or announces another

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Preen

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to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself

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Prodigious

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abundant in size, force or extent

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Prolific

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producing large volumes or amounts; productive

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Putrefy

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to rot

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Quaff

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to drink deeply

65
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Quiescience

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stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest

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Redoubtable

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awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

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Sanction

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tended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to

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Satire

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a literary work that ridicules or criticizes human vices through humor or derision

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Squalid

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sordid; wretched or dirty as from neglect

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Stoic

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indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast

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Supplant

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to take the place of; to supersede

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Torpid

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lethargic; sluggish; dormant

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Ubiquitous

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existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread

74
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Urbane

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sophisticated; refined; elegant

75
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Vilify

A

to defame; to characterize harshly

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Viscous

A

thick; sticky

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