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Hit Parade Group 2 Flashcards

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Accolade (noun)

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An expression of praise

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Abate (verb)

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To lessen in intensity or degree

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Adulation (noun)

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Excessive praise;intense adoration

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Aesthetic (adj)

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Dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful

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Ameliorate (verb)

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To make better or more tolerable

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Ascetic (noun)

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One who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion

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Avarice (noun)

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Greed, especially for wealth (adj form: avaricious)

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Axiom (noun)

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A universally recognized principle (adj form: axiomatic)

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Burgeon (verb)

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To grow rapidly or flourish

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Bucolic (adj)

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Rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

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Cacophony (noun)

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Harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance (adj form: cacophonous)

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Canon (noun)

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An established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature (adj form: canonical)

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Castigation (noun)

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Severe criticism or punishment (verb form: castigate)

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Catalyst (noun)

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A substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change

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Caustic (adj)

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Burning or stinging; causing corrosion

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Chary (adj)

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Wary; cautious; sparing

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Cogent (adj)

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Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing

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Complaisance (noun)

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The willingness to comply with the wishes if others (adj form: complaisant)

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Contentious (adj)

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Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

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Contrite (adj)

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Regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness (noun form: contrition)

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Culpable (adj)

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Deserving blame (noun form: culpability)

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Dearth (noun)

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Smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack

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Demur (verb)

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To question or oppose

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Didactic (adj)

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Intended to teach or instruct

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Discretion (noun)
Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (adj form: discrete)
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Disinterested (adj)
Free of bias or self-interest; impartial
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Dogmatic (adj)
Expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles (noun form: dogma)
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Ebullience (noun)
The quality of lovely or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings (adj form: ebullient)
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Eclectic (adj)
Composed of elements drawn from various sources
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Elegy (noun)
A mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead (adj form: elegiac)
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Emollient (adj or noun)
Soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
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Empirical (adj)
Based on observation or experiment
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Enigmatic (adj)
Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand (noun form: enigma)
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Ephemeral (adj)
Brief; fleeting
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Esoteric (adj)
Intended for or understood by a small, specific group
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Eulogy (noun)
A speech honoring the dead (verb form: eulogize)
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Exonerate (verb)
To remove blame
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Facetious (adj)
Playful; humorous
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Fallacy (noun)
An invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief (adj form: fallacious)
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Furtive (adj)
Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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Gregarious (adj)
Sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
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Harangue (verb or noun)
To deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech
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Heretical (adj)
Violating accepted dogma or convention (noun form: heresy)
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Hyperbole (noun)
An exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech (adj form: hyperbolic)
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Impecunious (adj)
Lacking funds; without money
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Incipient (adj)
Beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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Inert (adj)
Unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
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Innocuous (adj)
Harmless; causing no damage
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Intransigent (adj)
Refusing to compromise (noun form: intransigence)
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Inveigle (verb)
To obtain by deception or flattery
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Morose (adj)
Sad; sullen; melancholy
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Odious (adj)
Evoking intense aversion or dislike
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Opaque (adj)
Impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
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Oscillation (noun)
The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm (verb form: oscillate)
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Penurious (adj)
Penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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Pernicious (adj)
Extremely harmful; potentially causing death
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Peruse (verb)
To examine with great care (noun form: perusal)
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Pious (adj)
Extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion (noun form: piety)
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Precursor (noun)
One that precedes and indicates or announces another
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Preen (verb)
To dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
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Prodigious (adj)
Abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
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Prolific (adj)
Producing large volumes or amounts; productive
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Putrefy (verb)
To rot; to decay and give off a foul odor (adj form: putrid)
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Quaff (verb)
To drink deeply
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Quiescence (noun)
Stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest (adj form: quiescent)
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Redoubtable (adj)
Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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Sanction (noun or verb)
Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to
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Satire (noun)
A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision (adj form: satirical)
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Squalid (adj)
Sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect (noun form: squalor)
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Stoic (adj)
Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast (noun form: stoicism)
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Supplant (verb)
To take the place of; to supersede
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Torpid (adj)
Lethargic; sluggish; dormant (noun form: torpor)
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Ubiquitous (adj)
Existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
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Urbane (adj)
Sophisticated; refined; elegant (noun form: urbanity)
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Vilify (verb)
To defame; to characterize harshly
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Viscous (adj)
Thick; sticky (noun form: viscosity)

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