Hit Parade 3 Flashcards
(77 cards)
Acumen
(noun)
Keen, accurate judgment or insight
(E) a counselor’s acumen would be appreciated for those who are lost in life
Adulterate
(verb)
To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
(E)
They just get the quick baking mixes and add something, it’s like their adulterated version
Amalgamate
(verb)
To combine several elements into a whole
(noun form: amalgamation)
(E) her dress was going to be an amalgamation of ideas
Archaic
(adj.)
Outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive time
(E) the infrastructure here’s archaic, we don’t even have bus lines going through residential blocks
Aver
(verb)
To state as fact; to declare or assert
(E) you have to be good at averring your identity to be a con artist
Bolster
(verb)
To provide support or reinforcement
(E) yoga helped bolster her pursuit to acquiring greater concentration
Bombastic
(adj.)
Pompous; grandiloquent
(E)
Too pompous and bombastic, he didn’t even want to talk to anyone who wasn’t from the same financial background
Diatribe
(noun)
A harsh denunciation
(E)
You could just be polite and keep your mouth shut instead of sending me some harsh diatribe. What a way to ruin my day
Dissemble
(verb)
To disguise or conceal; to mislead
(E) to dissemble his sudden confession, he reverted back to the question of his friend. Weren’t you asking me to confess in front of you, he says.
Eccentric
(adj.)
Departing from norms or conventions
(E)
A bit eccentric, all he did was play chess all day.p
Endemic
(adj.)
Characteristic of or often found in particular locality, region or people
(E)
Endemic trees were the only ones not affected by the typhoon
Evanescent
(adj.)
Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
(E)
That evanescent view of the sunrise - there were just too many clouds scattered about
Exacerbate
(verb)
To make worse or more severe
(E)
Her smoking habits exacerbated her already deteriorating health
Fervent
(adj.)
Greatly emotional or zealous (noun form: fervor)
(E)
You could see he was praying fervently, tears were falling down his eyes
Fortuitous
(adj.)
Happening by accident or chance
(E)
It was fortuitous that i got to join the biennale; it’s not something I could pursue or apply for
Germane
(adj.)
Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
(E)
A bit annoying when they can’t stick to the topic at hand. They lack the sensitivity to bring up germane topics
Grandiloquence
(noun)
Pompous speech or expression
(adj. form) grandiloquent
(E)
You can’t be grandiloquent if you’re trying to gain the respect of those around you
Hackneyed
(adj.)
Rendered trite and commonplace by frequent usage
(E)
She found the idea of having an SDE a bit hackneyed. It’s a ubiquitous useless and impractical thing to spend on in her opinion
Hedonism
(adj.)
Devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasure of the senses
(E)
A hedonist is someone who pursues pleasure
Hegemony
(noun)
The consistent dominance of one state or group over others
(E)
Seems like China has been trying to trump the hegemony of the US
Iconoclast
(noun)
One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
(E)
Frank Gehry’s works had been sort of an iconoclast. His works spread the idea of how sensational and sculptural architecture may somehow revive sleepy towns
Idolatrous
(adj.)
Goven to intense or excessive devotion to something
(E)
Don’t agree with this religious idolatry of sculptures and relics
Impassive
(adj.)
Revealing no emotion
(E)
That reticent, stoic, impassive guy couldn’t convince her of his love for her since he would always fail to project and express it
Imperturbable
(adj.)
Marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness
(E)
He always had that imperturbable expression on his face, as if nothing would ever be wrong. But nothing would every be happy and right either
