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Hit Parade Group #3 Flashcards

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Adulterate

Verb

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To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Acumen

Noun

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Keen, accurate judgment or insight

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Amalgamate

Verb

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To combine several elements into a whole

Noun form: amalgamation

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Archaic

Adj.

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Outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time

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Aver

Verb

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To state as a fact; to declare or assert

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Bolster

Verb

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To provide support or reinforcement

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Bombastic

Adj.

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Pompous; grandiloquent

Noun form: bombast

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Diatribe

Noun

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A harsh denunciation

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Dissemble

Verb

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To disguise or conceal; to mislead

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Eccentric

Adj.

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Departing from norms or conventions

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Endemic

Adj.

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Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people

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Evanescent

Adj.

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Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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Exacerbate

Verb

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To make worse or more severe

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Fervent

Adj.

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Greatly emotional or zealous

Noun form: fervor

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Fortuitous

Adj.

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Happening by accident or chance

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Germane

Adj.

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Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

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Grandiloquence

Noun

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Pompous speech or expression

Adj. form: grandiloquent

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Hackneyed

Adj.

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Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

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Halcyon

Adj.

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Calm and peaceful

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Hedonism

Noun

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Devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses

(A hedonist is someone who pursues pleasure)

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Hegemony

Noun

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The consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others

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Iconoclast

Noun

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One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

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Idolatrous

Adj.

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Given to intense or excessive devotion to something

Noun form: idolatry

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Impassive

Adj.

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Revealing no emotion

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Imperturbable | Adj.
Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness
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Implacable | Adj.
Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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Impunity | Noun
Immunity from punishment or penalty
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Inchoate | Adj.
In an initial stage; not fully formed
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Infelicitous | Adj.
Unfortunate; inappropriate
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Insipid | Adj.
Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
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Loquacious | Adj.
Extremely talkative | Noun form: loquacity
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Luminous | Adj.
Characterized by brightness and the emission of light
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Malevolent | Adj.
Having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred | Noun form: malevolence
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Malleable | Adj.
Capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
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Mendacity | Noun
The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty | Adj. form: mendacious
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Meticulous | Adj.
Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
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Misanthrope | Noun
One who hates all other humans | Adj. noun: misanthropic
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Mitigate | Verb
To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
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Obdurate | Adj.
Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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Obsequious | Adj.
Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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Occlude | Verb
To obstruct or block
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Opprobrium | Noun
Disgrace; contempt; scorn
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Pedagogy | Noun
The profession or principles of teaching, or instructing
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Pedantic | Adj.
Overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge
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Penury | Noun
Poverty; destitution
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Pervasive | Adj.
Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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Pine | Verb
To yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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Pirate | Verb
To illegally use or reproduce
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Pith | Noun
The essential or central part
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Pithy | Adj.
Precise and brief
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Placate | Verb
To appease; to calm by making concessions
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Platitude | Noun
A superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful
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Plummet | Verb
To plunge or drop straight down
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Polemical | Adj.
Controversial; argumentative
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Prodigal | Adj.
Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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Profuse | Adj.
Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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Proliferate | Verb
To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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Queries | Noun
Questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
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Querulous | Adj.
Prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
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Rancorous | Adj.
Characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment | Noun form: rancor
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Recalcitrant | Adj.
Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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Repudiate | Verb
To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
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Rescind | Verb
To invalidate; to repeal; to retract
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Reverent | Adj.
Marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect (Noun form: reverence)
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Rhetoric | Noun
The art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
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Salubrious | Adj.
Promoting health or well-being
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Solvent | Adj.
Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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Specious | Adj.
Seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
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Spurious | Adj.
Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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Subpoena | Noun
A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
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Succinct | Adj.
Brief; concise
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Superfluous | Adj.
Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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Surfeit | Verb
An overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess
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Tenacity | Noun
The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination (Adj. form: tenacious)
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Tenuous | Adj.
Having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
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Tirade | Noun
A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
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Transient | Adj.
Fleeting; passing quickly; brief
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Zealous | Adj.
Fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause | A zealot is a zealous person

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