Hit Parade 1
Terms
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ornery
cantankerous
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having an irritable disposition
difficult or irritating to deal with (a cantankerous mule)
- aberrant
- ADJ. deviating from the norm (n: aberration)
- abscond
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V. to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
- alacrity
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N. eager and enthusiastic willingness
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anomaly
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N. deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (ADJ: anomalous)
- approbation
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N. an expression of approval or praise
- arduous
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ADJ. strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort
- assuage
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V. to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
- audacious
- ADJ. daring and fearless; recklessly bold (N: audacity)
- austere
- ADJ. without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (N: austerity)
- axiomatic
- ADJ: taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (N: axiom)
- candid
- free from bias, prejudice, or malice: fair; marked by honest sincere expression <a candid discussion>; blunt; relating to photography of subjects acting naturally or spontaneously
- canonical
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ADJ. following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (N: canon)
- capricious
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ADJ. inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
- censure
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V. to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
- chicanery
- N. trickery or subterfuge
- connoisseur
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N. an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
- convoluted
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ADJ. complex or complicated
- cursory
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rapidly and often superficially performed or produced; hasty
- disabuse
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V. to undeceive; to set right
- discordant
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ADJ. conflicting; dissonant or hash in sound
- disparate
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ADJ. fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
- effrontery
- N. extreme boldness; presumptuousness
- eloquent
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ADJ. well-spoken; expressive; articulate (N: eloquence)
- enervate
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V. to weaken; to reduce in vitality
- ennui
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N. dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
- equivocate
- V. to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (ADJ: equivocal)
- erudite
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ADJ. very learned; scholarly (N: erudition)
- exculpate
- V. exonerate; to clear of blame
- exigent
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ADJ. urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
- extemporaneous
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ADJ. improvised; done without preparation
- filibuster
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N. intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
- fulminate
- V. to loudly attack or denounce
- ingenuous
- ADJ. artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication. childlike simplicity.
- inured
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ADJ. accustomed to accepting something undesirable
- irascible
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ADJ. easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
- laud
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V. to praise highly (ADJ: laudatory)
- lucid
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ADJ. clear; easily understood
- magnanimity
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N. the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (ADJ: magnanimous)
- martial
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ADJ. associated with war and the armed forces
- mundane
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ADJ. of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
- nascent
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ADJ. coming into being; in early developmental stages
- nebulous
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ADJ. vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
- neologism
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N. a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
- noxious
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ADJ. harmful; injurious
- obtuse
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ADJ. lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
- obviate
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V. to anticipate and make unnecessary
- onerous
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ADJ. troubling; burdensome
- paean
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N. a song or hym of praise and thanksgiving
- parody
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N. a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art.
- perennial
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ADJ. recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
- perfidy
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N. intentional breach of faith; treachery (ADJ: perfidious)
- perfunctory
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ADJ. cursory; done without care or interest
- perspicacious
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ADJ. acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (N: perspicacity)
- prattle
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V. to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
- precipitate
- (PR)- ADJ. acting with excessive haste or impuse. (MW)- v. to throw violently; n. substance separated from solution by chemical change; adj. falling, flowing, or rushing with steep descent; exhibiting violent or unwise speed
- predilection
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N. a disposition in favor of something; preference
- prescience
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N. foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (ADJ: prescient)
- prevaricate
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V. to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
- qualms
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N. misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
- recant
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V. to retract, esp. a previously held belief
- refute
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V. to disprove; to successfully argue against
- relegate
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V. to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
- reticent
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ADJ. quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
- solicitous
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ADJ. concerned and attentive; eager
- sordid
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ADJ. characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
- sporadic
- ADJ. occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
- squander
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V. to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
- static
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ADJ. not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
- stupefy
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V. to stun, baffle, or amaze
- stymie
- V. to block; thwart
- subterfuge
- deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
- synthesis
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N. the combination of parts to make a whole (V: synthesize)
- torque
- N. a force that causes rotation
- tortuous
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ADJ. winding; twisting; excessively complicated
- treachery
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violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treason
- treason
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the betrayal of trust: treachery; the offense of attempting to overthrow the government or to kill or injure the sovereign
- truculent
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ADJ. fierce and cruel; eager to fight
- veracity
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N. truthfulness; honesty
- virulent
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ADJ. extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
- voracious
- ADJ. having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
- waver
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V. to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion