Hit Parade Group 1 Flashcards
(144 cards)
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Aberrant
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(adj) deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration)
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(adj) deviating from the norm
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Aberrant (noun form: aberration)
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Abscond
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**verb **to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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Alacrity
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(noun) eager and enthusiastic willingness
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**(verb) **to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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Abscond
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(noun) eager and enthusiastic willingness
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Alacrity
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Anomaly
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(noun) deviation from the normal order, form, or, rule; abnormality (adj form: anomalous)
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Approbation
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(noun) an expression of approval or praise
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(noun) deviation from the normal order, form, or, rule; abnormality
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Anomaly (adj form: anomalous)
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(noun) an expression of approval or praise
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Approbation
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Arduous
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(adj) strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort
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(adj) strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort
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Arduous
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Assuage
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(verb) to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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Audacious
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(adj) daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity)
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(verb) to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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Assuage
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(adj) daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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Audacious (noun form: audacity)
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Austere
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(adj) without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity)
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(adj) without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
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Austere (noun form: austerity)
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(adj) taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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Axiomatic (noun form: axiom)
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Axiomatic
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(adj) taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)
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Canonical
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(adj) following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards (noun form: cannon)
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(adj) following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards
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Canonical (noun form: cannon)
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(adj) inclined to change one’s mind impulsively, erratic, unpredictable
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Capricious
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Capricious
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(adj) inclined to change one’s mind impulsively, erratic, unpredictable
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Censure
(verb) to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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(verb) to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
Censure
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Chicanery
(noun) trickery or subterfuge
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(noun) trickery or subterfuge
Chicanery
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(noun) an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
Connoisseur
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Connoisseur
(noun) an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
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(adj) complex or complicated
Convoluted
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Convoluted
(adj) complex or complicated
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(verb) to undeceive; to set right
Disabuse
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Disabuse
(verb) to undeceive; to set right
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Discordant
(adj) conflicting dissonant of harsh in sound
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Disparate
(adj) fundamentally distinct of dissimilar
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(adj) conflicting dissonant of harsh in sound
Discordant
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(adj) fundamentally distinct of dissimilar
Disparate
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Effrontery
(noun) extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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Eloquent
(adj) well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence)
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Enervate
(verb) to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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(noun) extreme boldness; presumptuousness
Effrontery
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(adj) well-spoken, expressive, articulate
Eloquent (noun form: eloquence)
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(noun) dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
Ennui
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Ennui
(noun) dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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Equivocate
(verb) to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj form: equivocal)
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(verb) to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
Equivocate (adj form: equivocal)
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(adj) very learned; scholarly
Erudite (noun form: erudition)
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Erudite
(adj) very learned; scholarly (noun form: erudition)
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(verb) exonerate; to clear of blame
Exculpate
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Exculpate
(verb) exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exigent
(adj) urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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(adj) urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
Exigent
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Extemporaneous
(adj) improvised; done without preparation
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(adj) improvised; done without preparation
Extemporaneous
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(noun) intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
Filibuster
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Filibuster
(noun) intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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Fulminate
(verb) to loudly attack or denounce
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(verb) to loudly attack or denounce
Fulminate
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(adj) artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
Ingenuous
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Ingenuous
(adj) artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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Inrascible
(adj) easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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(adj) easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
Inrascible
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Inured
(adj) accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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(adj) accustomed to accepting something undesirable
Inured
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(verb) to praise highly
Laud (adj form: laudatory)
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Laud
(verb) to praise highly (adj form: laudatory)
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(adj) clear; easily understood
Lucid
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Lucid
(adj) clear; easily understood
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Magnanimity
(noun) the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving (adj form: magnanimous)
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(noun) the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving
Magnanimity (adj form: magnanimous)
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(verb) to weaken; to reduce in vitality
Enervate
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(adj) associated with war and the armed forces
Martial
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Martial
(adj) associated with war and the armed forces
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(adj) of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
Mundane
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Mundane
(adj) of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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Nascent
(adj) coming in to being; in early developmental stages
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(adj) coming in to being; in early developmental stages
Nascent
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Nebulous
(adj) vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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(adj) vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
Nebulous
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Noxious
(adj) harmful, injurious
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(adj) harmful, injurious
Noxious
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(adj) lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
Obtuse
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Obtuse
(adj) lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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(verb) to anticipate and make unnecessary
Obviate
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Obviate
(verb) to anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous
(adj) troubling; burdensome
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(adj) troubling; burdensome
Onerous
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Paean
(noun) a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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(noun) a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
Paean
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(noun) a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art
Parody
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Parody
(noun) a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art
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Perennial
(adj) recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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(adj) recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
Perennial
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Perfidy
(noun) intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj form: perfidious)
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(noun) intentional breach of faith; treachery
Perfidy (adj form: perfidious)
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Perfunctory
(adj) cursory; done with out care or interest
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(adj) cursory; done with out care or interest
Perfunctory
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Perspicacious
(adj) acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)
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(adj) acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
Perspicacious (noun form: perspicacity)
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Prattle
(verb) to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Precipitate
(adj) acting with excessive haste or impulse
(verb) to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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(verb) to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
Prattle
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(adj) acting with excessive haste or impulse
(verb) to cause or happen before anticipated or required
Precipitate
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Qualms
(noun) misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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(noun) misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
Qualms
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(verb) to retract, especially a previously held belief
Recant
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Recant
(verb) to retract, especially a previously held belief
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Refute
(verb) to disprove; to successfully argue against
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(verb) to disprove; to successfully argue against
Refute
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Relegate
(verb) to forcibly assign, especially to lower place or position
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(verb) to forcibly assign, especially to lower place or position
Relegate
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(adj) quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
Reticent
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Reticent
(adj) quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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Solicitious
(adj) concerned and attentive; eager
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(adj) concerned and attentive; eager
Solicitious
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Sordid
(adj) characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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(adj) characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
Sordid
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Sporadic
(adj) occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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(adj) occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
Sporadic
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Squander
(verb) to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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(verb) to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
Squander
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Static
(adj) not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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(adj) not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
Static
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Stupefy
(verb) to stun, baffle, or amaze
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(verb) to stun, baffle, or amaze
Stupefy
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(verb) to block; to thwart
Stymie
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Stymie
(verb) to block; to thwart
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Synthesis
(noun) the combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)
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(noun) the combination of parts to make a whole
Synthesis (verb form: synthesize)
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Torque
(noun) a force that causes rotation
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(noun) a force that causes rotation
Torque
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(adj) winding, twisting; excessively complicated
Tortuous
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Tortuous
(adj) winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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(adj) fierce and cruel; eager to fight
Truculent
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Truculent
(adj) fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Veracity
(noun) truthfulness, honesty
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(noun) truthfulness, honesty
Veracity
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Virulent
(adj) extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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(adj) extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
Virulent
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Voracious
(adj) having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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(adj) having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
Voracious
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Waver
(verb) to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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(verb) to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
Waver
