Hit Parade Group 1 Flashcards by Stevie Stevens

Abscond

Verb

to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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Adversity

Noun

hardship or difficulty; opposition

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Aggravate

verb

to worsen or intensify

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Arduous

adjective

strenuous; taxing; requiring significant effort

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Belie

verb

to give a false impression of; to misrepresent

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Bombast

noun

self-important or pompous writing or speech

pompus-irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important

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Cacophony

noun

harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance

dissonance - a lack of harmony

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Castigation

noun

severe criticism or punishment

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Censure

verb

to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Chicanery

noun

trickery or subterfuge

subterfuge - deceit

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Coercive

adjective

serving or intended to compel by force or authority

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Condemn

verb

to blame or denounce

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Conspire

verb

to secretly work together with the intent to vomit a wrong or illegal act

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Cover

adjective

hidden; clandestine

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Cower

verb

shrink in fear; cringe

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Craven

adjective

Conemptibly fainthearted; lacking any courage

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Denigrate

verb

to blacken; to belittle; to sully; to defame; to disparage

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Denounce

verb

to public ally condemn or criticize

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Derision

noun

scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment

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Diatribe

noun

a harsh denunciation

denunciation - public shaming

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Discomfit

verb

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to defeat; to put down

Disingenuous

adjective

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insincere; packing in honesty or frankness

Dissemble

verb

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to disguise or conceal; to mislead

Exacerbate

verb

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to make worse or more sever; to increase in violence

Fraud noun

Deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage

Furtive adjective

marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

Garrulous adjective

pointlessly talkative; talking too much

Harangue verb

to deliver a pompous speech or tirade pompous - irritatingly grand

Impudent adjective

saucy; impertinent; bold and disrespectful

Inopportune adjective

ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate

Irascible adjective

easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

Malevolent adjective

having or showing often vicious ill-will, spite, or hatred

Martial adjective

associated with war and the armed forcess

Misanthrope noun

one who hates all other humans

Morose adjective

sad; sullen; melancholy

Obdurate adjective

unyielding; hardhearted; intractable

Obsequious adjective

exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

Obstinate adjective

stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising

Onerous adjective

troubling; burdensome

opprobrium noun

disgrace; contempt; scorn

Pedantic adjective

the parading of learning; excessive attention to minor and formal rules

Perjury noun

the purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath

Provoke verb

to incite anger, resentment, or exasperation

Recalcitrant adjacent

obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

Secrete verb

to ensconce, conceal, or stow

Specious adjective

seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive

Spurious adjective

lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

Squander verb

to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

Tirade noun

a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

Vexation noun

annoyance or irritation

Hit Parade Group 1 Flashcards

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