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Hit Parade Group 2 Flashcards

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Abate

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(verb) to lessen in intensity or degree

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Accolade

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(noun) an expression of praise

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Adulation

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(noun) excessive praise; intense adoration

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Aesthetic

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(adj.) dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful

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Ameliorate

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(verb) to make better or more tolerable

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Ascetic

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(noun) one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion

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Avarice (adj. form: avaricious)

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(noun) greed, esp. for wealth

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Axiom (adj. form: axiomatic)

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(noun) a universally recognized principle

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Burgeon

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(verb) to grow rapidly or flourish

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Bucolic

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(adj.) rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

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Cacophony (adj. form: cacophonous)

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(noun) harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance

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Canon (adj. form: canonical)

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(noun) an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature

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Castigation (verb form: castigate)

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(noun) severe criticism or punishment

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Catalyst

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(noun) 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

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(adj.) burning or stinging; causing corrosion

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Chary

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(adj.) wary; cautious; sparing

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Cogent

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(adj.) appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing

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Complaisance (adj. form: complaisant)

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(noun) the willingness to comply with the wishes of others

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Contentious

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(adj.) argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

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Contrite (noun form: contrition)

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(adj.) regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness

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Culpable (noun form: culpability)

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(adj.) deserving blame

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Dearth

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(noun) smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack

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Demur

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(verb) to question or oppose

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Dyadic

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(adj.) intended to teach or instruct

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Discretion (adj. form: discreet)

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(noun) cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions

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Disinterested

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(adj.) free of bias or self-interest; impartial

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Dogmatic (noun form: dogma)

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(adj.) expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles

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Ebullience (adj. form: ebullient)

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(noun) the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

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Eclectic

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(adj.) composed of elements drawn from various sources

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Elegy (adj. form: elegiac)

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(noun) a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead

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Emollient

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(adj.)/(noun) soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smooths the skin

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Empirical

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(adj.) based on observation

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Enigmatic (noun form: enigma)

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(adj.) mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand

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Ephemeral

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(adj.) brief; fleeting

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Esoteric

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(adj.) intended for or understood by a small, specific group

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Eulogy (verb form: eulogize)

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(noun) a speech honoring the dead

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Exonerate

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(verb) to remove blame

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Facetious

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(adj.) playful; humorous

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Fallacy (adj. form: fallacious)

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(noun) an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief

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Furtive

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(adj.) marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

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Gregarious

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(adj.) sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people

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Harangue

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(verb)/(noun) to deliver a forceful or angry speech; ranting speech or writing

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Heretical (noun form: heresy)

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(adj.) violating accepted dogma or convention

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Hyperbole (adj. form: hyperbolic)

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(noun) an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech

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Impecunious

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(adj.) lacking funds; without money

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Incipient

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(adj.) beginning to come into being or to become apparent

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Inert

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(adj.) unmoving; lethargic; sluggish

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Innocuous

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(adj.) harmless; causing no damage

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Intransigent (noun form: intransigence)

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(adj.) refusing to compromise

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Inveigle

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(verb) to obtain by deception or flattery

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Morose

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(adj.) sad; sullen; melancholy

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Odious

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(adj.) evoking intense aversion or dislike

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Opaque

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(adj.) impenetrable by light; not reflecting light

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Oscillation (verb form: oscillate)

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(noun) the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm

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Penurious

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(adj.) penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous

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Pernicious

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(adj.) extremely harmful in a way that is not easily seen or noticed

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Peruse (verb form: perusal)

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(verb) to examine with great care

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Pious (noun form: piety)

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(adj.) extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion

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Precursor

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(noun) one that precedes and indicates or announces another

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Preen

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(verb) to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care

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Prodigious

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(adj.) abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary

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Prolific

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(adj.) producing large volumes or amounts; productive

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Putrefy (adj. form: putrid)

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(verb) to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor

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Quaff

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(verb) to drink deeply

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Quiescence (adj. form: quiescent)

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(noun) stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest

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Redoubtable

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(adj.) awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

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Sanction

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(noun)/(verb) authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority

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Satire (adj. form: satirical)

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(noun) a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision

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Squalid (noun form: squalor)

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(adj.) sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect

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Stoic (noun form: stoicism)

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(adj.) indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast

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Supplant

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(verb) to take the place of; to supersede

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Torpid (noun form: torpor)

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(adj.) lethargic; sluggishly dormant (noun form: torpor)

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Ubiquitous

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(adj.) existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread

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Urbane (noun form: urbanity)

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(adj.) sophisticated; refined; elegant

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Vilify

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(verb) to defame; to characterize harshly

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Viscous (noun form: viscosity)

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(adj.) thick; sticky

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