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Hit Parade Group 1 Flashcards

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Abscond (v)

She absconded with the remaining thousand dollars.

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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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clandestine (adj)

she deserved better than these clandestine meetings

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kept secret

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aberrant (adj), aberration (n)

aberrant chromosomes

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deviating from the norm

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alacrity (n)

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eager and enthusiastic willingness

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anomaly (n), anomalous (adj)

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

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approbation (n)

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an expression of approval

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arduous (adj)

an arduous journey

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strenuos, taxing; requiring significant effort

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assuage (v)

the letter assuaged the fears of most members

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to ease or to lessen; to appease or pacify

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audacious (adj), audacity (n)

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daring and fearless; recklessly bold

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austere (adj); austerity (n)

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without adornment, bare; severely simple; ascetic

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axiomatic (adj); axiom (n)

It is axiomatic that dividents need to be financed.

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taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

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canonical (adj); canon (n)

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following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

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capricious (adj)

I don’t want to be with someone who is capricious.

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inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable

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censure (v)

My family severely censured B and now I understand why.

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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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chicanery (n)

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trickery or subterfuge

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connnoisseur (n)

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an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

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convoluted (n)

a convoluted way of describing a simple device

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complex or complicated

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disabuse (v)

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to undeceive; to set right

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discordant (adj)

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conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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disparate (adj)

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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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effrontery (n)

I have the effrontery in my blood where I want to challenge everything.

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extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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eloquent (adj); eloquence (n)

He made it seem like our relationship was so eloquent while it was all crap!

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well-spoken, expressive, articulate

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enervate (v)

Whenever I get sick, I have the alacrity to enervate the sickness.

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to weaken; to reduce in vitality

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ennui (n)

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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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equivocate (v); equivocal (adj)

When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated.

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to use ambiguous language with deceptive intent

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erudite (adj); erudition (n)

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very learned; schorlarly

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exculpate (v)

the article exculpated the mayor

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exonerate; to clear of blame

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exigent (adj)

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urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

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extemporaneous (adj)

an extemporaneous speech

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improvised; done without preparation

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filibuster (n)

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intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

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fulminate (v)

The minister fulminated against legalized vice.

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to loudly attack or denounce

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ingenuous (adj)

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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

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inured (adj)

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accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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irascible (adj)

B is supremely irascible.

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easily angered; prone to temperamental ourbursts

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laud (v); laudatory (adj)

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to praise highly

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lucid (adj)

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clear; easily understood

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magnanimity (n); magnanimous

I choose to be magnanimous and forgive R and myself.

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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving

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martial (adj)

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associated with war and arm forces

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mundane (adj)

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of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary

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nascent (adj)

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coming into being; in early developmental stages

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nebulous (adj)

My future might look nebulous now but I know it will only get better.

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vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

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neologism (n)

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a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

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noxious (adj)

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harmful

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obtuse (adj)

He was wondering if the doctor is being deliberately obtuse

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lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

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obviate (v)

the Venetian blinds obviated the need for curtains

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remove

prevent

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onerous (adj)

I know the path would be onerous but I am strong enough.

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troubling; burdensome

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paean (n)

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a song or hymn or praise and thanksgiving

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parody (n)

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a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art

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perennial (adj)

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recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

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perfidy (n); perfidicious (adj)

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intentional breach of faith; treachery

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perfunctory (adj)

Doing things with perfunctoriness is a recipe for disaster.

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cursory; done without care or interest

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perspicacious (adj); perspicacity (n)

In order to not be fooled again, I will have to keep an extremely perspicacious mind.

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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment

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prattle (v)

she began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist

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to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner

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precipitate (v)

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to cause or happen before anticipated or required

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predilection (n)

my predilection for Asian food

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a disposition in favor of something; preference

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prescience (n), prescient (adj)

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foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occuring

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prevaricate (v)

he seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions

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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

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qualms (n)

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an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one’s own conduct; a misgiving.

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recant (v)

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to retract. esp. a previously held belief

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refute (v)

these claims have not been convincingly refuted

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to disprove; to sucessfully argue against

debunk

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relegate (v)

they aim to prevent women from being relegated to a secondary role

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to forcibly assign, esp to a lower place or position

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reticent (adj)

she was extremely reticent about her personal affairs

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quiet; reserved; reluctant to espress thoughts and feelings

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solicitous (adj)

she was always solicitous about the welfare of her students

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concerned and attentive; eager

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sordid (adj)

the story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams

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characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

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sporadic (adj)

sporadic fighting broke out

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occuring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

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squander (v)

entrepreneurs squander their profits on expensive cars

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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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static (adj)

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not moving, active, or in motion; at rest

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stupefy (v)

the amount they spend on clothes would appall their parents and stupefy their grandparents

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to stun, baffle, or amaze

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stymie (v)

the changes must not be allowed to stymie new medical treatments

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prevent or hinder the progress of

to block, to thwart

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synthesis (n)

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the combination of parts to make a whole

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torque (n)

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a force that causes rotation

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tortuous (adj)

the route is remote and tortuous

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winding, twisting; excessively complicated

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truculent (adj)

My days of truculent defiance were over

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fierce and cruel; eager to fight

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veracity (n)

voters should be concerned about his veracity and character

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truthfullness, honesty

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virulent (adj)

a virulent attack on liberalism

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extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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voracious (adj)

I have a voracious appetite.

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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous

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waver (v)

I know his love for me will waver.

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to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

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