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Hit Parade Group 1 Flashcards

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Clandestine

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Done in secret, private, in concealment

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Absond

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To depart clandestinely (secretly); to steal off and hide

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Aberrant (adj)

Aberration (noun)

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Deviating from the norm

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Alacrity (noun)

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly (noun)

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Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality

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Approbation (noun)

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An expression of approval or praise

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Arduous ( adj)

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Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

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Assuage (verb)

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To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

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Audacious(adj)

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Daring and fearless; recklessly bold

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Austere ( adj)

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Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic ( self denial, abstains from normal pleasures)

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Axiomatic (adj)

Axiom (noun)

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Taken as given; possessing self evident truth

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Canonical (adj)

Canon (noun)

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Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

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Capricious (adj)

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Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

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Censure (verb)

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To criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Rebuke (verb)

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Stern disapproval

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Chicanery (noun)

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Trickery or subterfuge (trick to evade rule, hide something)

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Connoisseur (noun)

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An informed and state judge in matters of taste; expert

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Convoluted (noun)

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Complex or complicated

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Disabuse (verb)

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To undeceive; to set right

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Discordant (adj)

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Conflicting; dissonant or harsh I’m sound

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Disparate (adj)

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Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Effrontery (noun)

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Extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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Eloquent (adj)

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Well spoken, expressive, articulate

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Enervate (verb)

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To weaken, to reduce in vitality

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Ennui (noun)
Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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Equivocate (verb) | Equivocal (adj)
To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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Erudite (noun)
Very learned, scholarly
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Exculpate (verb)
To exonerate; clear of blame
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Exigent (adj)
Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate attention or action
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Extemporaneous (adj)
Improvised; done without preparation
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Filibuster (noun)
Intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speech making to delay legislative action
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Fulminate (verb)
To loudly attack or denounce (inform against)
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Ingenuous (adj)
Artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication
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Inured (adj)
Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Irascible (adj)
Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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Laud (verb) | Laudatory (adj)
To praise highly
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Lucid (adj)
Clear, easily understood
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Magnanimity (noun) | Magnanimous (adj)
The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving
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Martial (adj)
Associated with war and the armed forces
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Mundane (adj)
Of the world; typical, ordinary
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Nascent (adj)
Coming into being; in early developmental stages
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Nebulous (adj)
Vague, cloudy;?lacking clearly defined forms
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Neologism (noun)
A new word, expression or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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Noxious (adj)
Harmful, injurious
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Obtuse (adj)
Lacking in sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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Obviate (verb)
To anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous (adj)
Troubling, burdensome
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Paean (noun)
A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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Parody ( noun)
A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect esp. In literature and art
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Perennial ( adj)
Recurrent through the year or many years happening repeatedly
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Perfidy (noun) | Perfidious (adj)
Intentional breach of faith; treachery
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Perfunctory (adj)
Done without care or interest; cursory (hasty and therefore not thoroughly detailed)
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Perspicacious (adj)
Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (ability to judge well)
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Prattle (verb)
To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Precipitate ( verb)
To cause or happen before anticipated or required
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Predilection ( noun)
A disposition in favor or something; preference
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Prescience (noun) | Prescient (adj)
Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
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Prevaricate ( verb)
To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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Qualms ( noun)
Misgivings; reservations; cause for hesitancy
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Recant ( verb)
To retract; esp. A previously held belief
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Refute (verb)
To retract, esp a previously held belief
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Relegate ( verb)
To forcibly assign, esp to a lower place or position
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Reticent (adj)
Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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Solicitous (adj)
Concerned and attentive; eager
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Sordid (adj)
Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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Sporadic (adj)
Occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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Squander (verb)
To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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Static (adj)
Not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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Stupefy (verb)
To stun, baffle, or amaze
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Stymie (verb)
To block; to thwart
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Synthesis (noun)
The combination of parts to make whole
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Torque (noun)
A force that causes rotation
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Tortuous (adj)
Winding, twisting, excessively complicated
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Truculent (adj)
Fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Veracity (noun)
Truthfulness, honesty
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Virulent (adj)
Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Voracious (adj)
Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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Waver (verb)
To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

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