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Hit Parade Group 4 Flashcards

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Acerbic

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əˈsərbik
1) tasting sour or bitter
2 )harsh or corrosive in tone
[Latin acerbus meaning “sour-tasting”]

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Aggrandize

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əˈgranˌdīz

increase the power, status, or wealth of

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Amenable

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əˈmēnəbəl

agreeable; responsive to suggestion

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Anachronism

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something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

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Astringent

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tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
[can be used to describe someone’s personality. If someone is prone to biting sarcasm and cynicism, he probably has an astringent view of the world.]

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Convention

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a way in which something is usually done; a generally agreed upon practice or attitude
[Think of Conventional]

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Credulous

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krejələs
tending to believe too readily; gullible (Noun form: credulity)
[Latin credulus meaning “easily belives”]

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cynicism

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the feeling of distrust or that something isn’t going to work out well

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Derision

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diˈriZHən
the act of deriding or treating with contempt [Derision is more than just making fun of someone — it’s mocking someone so forcefully and with such venom that you discredit the person completely]

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Desiccate

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desiˌkāt

to dry out, dry up and dehydrate; also means to preserve something by drying it out (beef jerky, raisins)

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Dilettante

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diliˈtänt,-ˈtäntē

an amateur, often one who pretends to be very knowledgeable.

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Disparage

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diˈsparij

to belittle or degrade a person or idea; express a negative opinion of

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Fawn

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to flatter or praise excessively

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Flout

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openly disregard (a rule, law or convention)

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Garrulous

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a person just won’t stop talking (and talking, and talking, and talking…)

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Glib

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artfully persuasive in speech; having only superficial plausibility [might be used to describe the slick car salesman who uses his polished sales pitch to talk his customers into buying lemons]

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Immutable

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iˈmyo͞otəbəl

not capable of change; unchanging over time or unable to be changed

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Impetuous

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imˈpeCHo͞oəs

acting or done quickly and without thought or care

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Inimical

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iˈnimikəl

not friendly; tending to obstruct or harm [Latin INIMICUS meaning “enemy”]

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Intractable

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hard to control or deal with; difficult to manage [Think: A CONTRACT is a document that explains how a legal situation is to be managed together. When someone is tractable they are able to be managed or handled. When they are intractable, they are unmanageable]

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Intrepid

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invulnerable to fear or intimidation; bold, brave, courageous [Latin IN- meaning “not” and TREPIDUS meaning “alarmed”]

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Maverick

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a rebel; someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

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Mollify

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to calm someone down, talk them off the ledge, make amends, maybe even apologize.

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Neophyte

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any new participant in some activity

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Obfuscate
ˈäbfəˌskāt | make obscure or unclear
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Obstinate
When someone is beyond stubborn; tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
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Ostentatious
pretentious, flamboyant, gaudy; intended to attract notice and impress others
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Pervade
spread or diffuse through
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Phlegmatic
flegˈmatik | showing little emotion; (of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition
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Pragmatic
dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations
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Presumptuous
 failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate (of a person or their behavior).
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Probity
the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency
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Proclivity
a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing.
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Profligate
präfligət,-ləˌgāt implies recklessly wasting your money on extravagant luxury. Profligate behavior is a lot of fun, but you'll regret it later — when you get your charge card bill.
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Propensity
a natural tendency to behave in a certain way [Dogs have a propensity to bark, and many people have a propensity for getting annoyed by it.]
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Pungent
1) strong and sharp taste or smell | 2) And pungent can be used in a figurative sense: pungent language is stimulating and expressive.
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Quotidian
occurring daily or everyday; Quotidian events are the everyday details of life.
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Recondite
ˈrekənˌdīt,riˈkän- hard for the average mind to understand; difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
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Refulgent
riˈfo͝oljənt | shining brightly; radiating or as if radiating light
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Renege
riˈneg,-ˈnig | fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
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Soporific
säpəˈrifik | sleep inducing; inducing mental lethargy
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Sparse
not dense; thin
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Spendthrift
person is reckless and wasteful with his money; someone who spends money prodigally
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Tacit
Something implied or understood without question
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Terse
 brief, or using very few words; brief and to the point; effectively cut short
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Tout
to praise, boast, or brag about; advertise in strongly positive terms; show off
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Trenchant
ˈtrenCHənt think or say smart, sharply worded things that cut right to the heart of the matter; having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
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Unfeigned
genuine; sincere; not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
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Untenable
something you can't defend or justify; (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
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Vacillate
vasəˌlāt | to waver back and forth, unable to decide
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Variegated
having a variety of colors
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Vexation
something that causes annoyance and the state of mind that results from being annoyed [anger produced by some annoying irritation; the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed]
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Vigilant
carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger
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Vituperate
vəˈt(y)o͞opəˌrāt,vī- | to speak or write in an extremely negative way about someone; blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language
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Volatile
1) liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse 2) (of a substance) easily evaporated at normal temperatures.

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