hit parade 3 Flashcards by Erin Navarro

acumen

keen/accurate judgment or insight

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adulterate

to reduce purity by combining w/ inferior elements

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amalgamate

to combine several elements into a whole

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archaic

outdated, primitive

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aver

to state as a fact, declare, or assert

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bombastic

pompous, grandiloquent

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diatribe

harsh denunciation

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eccentric

departing from norms or conventions

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endemic

belonging to a locality

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evanescent

tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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exacerbate

to make worse or more severe

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fervent

greatly emotional or zealous

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fortuitous

happening be accident or chance

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pedantic

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

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penury

poverty or destitution

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pervasive

having tendency to be ubiquitous

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pine

to yearn intensely, languish, to lose vigor

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pith

the essential or central part

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placate

please of calm by making concessions

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platitude

superficial remark disguised as being meaningful

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plummet

plunge or drop

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polemical

controversial or argumentative

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prodigal

wasteful, extravagant, profuse, lavish

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querulous

prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish

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rancourous

having bitter or long-lasting resentment

recalcitrant

obstinately defiant of authority; froward

repudiate

to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown

rescind

to repeal, invalidate, or retract

rhetoric

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

salubrious

promoting health or well-being

solvent

able to meet financial obligations

specious

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

spurious

lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

subpoena

a court order requiring appearance or testimony

succinct

brief or concise

superfluous

exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

surfeit

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

tenacity

persistent determination (esp to values)

tenuous

having little substance or strength; weak / flimsy

tirade

long and critical speech

transient

fleeting / passing/ brief

zealous

fervent, impassioned, devoted to cause

germane

relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate insubject matter

grandiloquence

pompous speech or expression

hackneyed

rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

halcyon

calm and peaceful

hedonism

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

hegemony

the consistent dominance of one state or group over others

iconoclast

one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions

impassive

revealing no emotion

imperturbable

marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

implacable

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

impunity

immunity from punishment or penalty

inchoate

in an initial stage; not fully formed

infelicitous

unfortunate; inappropriate

insipid

lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate or challenge

loquacious

extremely talkative

luminous

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

malevolent

vicious ill will, spite, hatred

mendacity

condition of being untruthful or dishonest

misanthrope

one who hates all other humans

mitigate

to make or become less severe or intense

obdurate

unyielding, hardhearted, intractable

obsequious

exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

occlude

to obstruct or block

opprobrium

disgrace, scorn, contempt

pedagogy

the profession of principles of teaching or instructing

what word means brief, concise, or tersely cogent?

pithy

what word means prone to complaining or whining?

querulous

what word means fawning or ingratiating?

obsequious (think OBSESSIVE)

what word means marked by bitter, deep-seated resentment

rancorous (noun form is RANCOR)

what word means controversial or argumentative

polemical

what word means dominance of one state or group over others

hegemony

what word means uninteresting, tasteless, flat, or dull

insipid

what word means thin, flimsy, or of little substance

tenuous

what word means an excess or overindulgence

surfeit

what word means wasteful or recklessly extravagant

prodigal

what word means to appease or pacify with concessions

placate

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

aver

what word means pompous or grandiloquent

bombastic

what word means tending to vanish like vapor

evanescent

hit parade 3 Flashcards

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