Hit Parade 3
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- acumen
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N. keen, accurate judgment or insight
- adulterate
- V. to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
- amalgamate
- V. to combine several elements into a whole
- amalgamation
- N. the combination of several elements into a whole
- archaic
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ADJ. outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time
- aver
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V. to state as a fact; to declare or assert
- bolster
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V. to provide support or reinforcement
- bombast
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N. one who is pompous; gradiloquent
- bombastic
- ADJ. pompous; grandiloquent
- diatribe
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N. a harh denunciation
- dissemble
- V. to disguise or conceal; to mislead
- eccentric
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ADJ. departing from norms or conventions
- endemic
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ADJ. characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
- evanescent
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ADJ. tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
- exacerbate
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V. to make worse or more severe
- fervent
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ADJ. greatly emotional or zealous
- fervor
- N. great emotion or zeal
- fortuitous
- ADJ. happening by accident or chance
- germane
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ADJ. relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
- grandiloquence
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N. pompous speech or expression
- grandiloquent
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ADJ. characterized by pompous speech or expression
- hackneyed
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ADJ. rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
- halcyon
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ADJ. calm and peaceful
- hedonism
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N. devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses
- hedonist
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N. a person who pursues pleasure, esp. of the senses
- hegemony
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N. the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
- iconoclast
- N. one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
- idolatrous
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ADJ. given to intense or excessive devotion to something
- idolatry
- N. the practice of giving intense or excessive devotion to something
- impassive
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ADJ. revealing no emotion
- imperturbable
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ADJ. marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness
- implacable
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ADJ. not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
- impunity
- N. immunity from punishment or penalty
- inchoate
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ADJ. in an initial stage; not fully formed
- infelicitous
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ADJ. unfortunate; inappropriate
- insipid
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ADJ. without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
- loquacious
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ADJ. extremely talkative
- loquacity
- N. extreme talkativeness
- luminous
- ADJ. characterized by brightness and the emission of light
- malevolence
- the characteristic of having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
- malevolent
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ADJ. having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
- malleable
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ADJ. capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
- mendacious
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ADJ. untruthful, dishonest
- mendacity
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N. the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
- meticulous
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ADJ. characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
- misanthrope
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N. one who hates all other humans
- misanthropic
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ADJ. the characteristic of hating all other humans
- mitigate
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V. to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
- obdurate
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ADJ. unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
- obsequious
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ADJ. exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
- occlude
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V. to obstruct or block
- opprobrium
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N. disgrace; contempt; scorn
- pedagogy
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N. the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing
- pedantic
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ADJ. the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
- penury
- N. poverty; destitution
- pervasive
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ADJ. having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
- pine
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V. to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
- pirate
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V. to illegally use or reproduce
- pith
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N. the essential or central part
- pithy
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ADJ. precise and brief
- placate
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V. to appease; to calm by making concessions
- platitude
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N. a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful
- plummet
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V. to plunge or drop straight down
- polemical
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ADJ. controversial; argumentative
- prodigal
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ADJ. recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
- profuse
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ADJ. given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
- proliferate
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V. to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
- queries
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N. questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
- querulous
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ADJ. prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
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rancor
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N. bitter, long-lasting resentment
- rancorous
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ADJ. characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
- recalcitrant
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ADJ. obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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repudiate
- V. to refuse to have anything to do with; disown
- rescind
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V. to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
- reverence
- N. the feeling or expression of a feeling of profound awe and respect
- reverent
- ADJ. marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
- rhetoric
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N. the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
- salubrious
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ADJ. promoting health or well-being
- solvent
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ADJ. able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
- specious
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ADJ. seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
- spurious
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ADJ. lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
- subpoena
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N. a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
- succinct
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ADJ. brief; concise
- superfluous
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ADJ. exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
- surfeit
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N / V. an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess
- tenacious
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ADJ. having the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination
- tenacity
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N. the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination
- tenuous
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ADJ. having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
- tirade
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N. a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
- transient
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ADJ. fleeting; passing quickly; brief
- zealot
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a person who is fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause
- zealous
- ADJ. fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause