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hit parade 3 Flashcards

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acumen

A

keen/accurate judgment or insight

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adulterate

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to reduce purity by combining w/ inferior elements

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amalgamate

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to combine several elements into a whole

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archaic

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outdated, primitive

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aver

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to state as a fact, declare, or assert

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bombastic

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pompous, grandiloquent

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diatribe

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harsh denunciation

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eccentric

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departing from norms or conventions

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endemic

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belonging to a locality

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evanescent

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tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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exacerbate

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to make worse or more severe

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fervent

A

greatly emotional or zealous

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fortuitous

A

happening be accident or chance

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pedantic

A

overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show offish about one’s knowledge

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penury

A

poverty or destitution

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pervasive

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having tendency to be ubiquitous

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pine

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to yearn intensely, languish, to lose vigor

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18
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pith

A

the essential or central part

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19
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placate

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please of calm by making concessions

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platitude

A

superficial remark disguised as being meaningful

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plummet

A

plunge or drop

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polemical

A

controversial or argumentative

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prodigal

A

wasteful, extravagant, profuse, lavish

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querulous

A

prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish

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rancourous

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having bitter or long-lasting resentment

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recalcitrant

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obstinately defiant of authority; froward

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repudiate

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to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

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rescind

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to repeal, invalidate, or retract

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rhetoric

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art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion

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salubrious

A

promoting health or well-being

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solvent

A

able to meet financial obligations

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32
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specious

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seeming true but actually being fallacious or misleadingly attractive; plausible but false

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spurious

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lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

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subpoena

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a court order requiring appearance or testimony

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succinct

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brief or concise

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superfluous

A

exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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surfeit

A

an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess

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tenacity

A

persistent determination (esp to values)

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tenuous

A

having little substance or strength; weak / flimsy

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tirade

A

long and critical speech

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transient

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fleeting / passing/ brief

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zealous

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fervent, impassioned, devoted to cause

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germane

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relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate insubject matter

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grandiloquence

A

pompous speech or expression

45
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hackneyed

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rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

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halcyon

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calm and peaceful

47
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hedonism

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devotion to pleasurable pursuits esp. to pleasure of senses (a HEDONIST is someone who pursues pleasure)

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hegemony

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the consistent dominance of one state or group over others

49
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iconoclast

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one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions

50
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impassive

A

revealing no emotion

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imperturbable

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marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

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implacable

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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed (think of PLACATE)

53
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impunity

A

immunity from punishment or penalty

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inchoate

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in an initial stage; not fully formed

55
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infelicitous

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unfortunate; inappropriate

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insipid

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lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate or challenge

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loquacious

A

extremely talkative

58
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luminous

A

characterized by brightness and emission of light (also: REFULGENT)

59
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malevolent

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vicious ill will, spite, hatred

60
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mendacity

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condition of being untruthful or dishonest

61
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misanthrope

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one who hates all other humans

62
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mitigate

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to make or become less severe or intense

63
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obdurate

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unyielding, hardhearted, intractable

64
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obsequious

A

exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

65
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occlude

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to obstruct or block

66
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opprobrium

A

disgrace, scorn, contempt

67
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pedagogy

A

the profession of principles of teaching or instructing

68
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what word means brief, concise, or tersely cogent?

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pithy

69
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what word means prone to complaining or whining?

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querulous

70
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what word means fawning or ingratiating?

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obsequious (think OBSESSIVE)

71
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what word means marked by bitter, deep-seated resentment

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rancorous (noun form is RANCOR)

72
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what word means controversial or argumentative

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polemical

73
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what word means dominance of one state or group over others

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hegemony

74
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what word means uninteresting, tasteless, flat, or dull

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insipid

75
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what word means thin, flimsy, or of little substance

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tenuous

76
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what word means an excess or overindulgence

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surfeit

77
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what word means wasteful or recklessly extravagant

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prodigal

78
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what word means to appease or pacify with concessions

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placate

79
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what word means to assert, declare, allege, or state as fact

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aver

80
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what word means pompous or grandiloquent

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bombastic

81
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what word means tending to vanish like vapor

A

evanescent

princeton review vocab (5 decks)

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