Hit Parade Group 1
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- abscond
- verb - to depart clandetinely; to steal off and hide
- aberrant
- adjective - deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration)
- alacrity
- noun - eager and enthusiastic willingness
- anomaly
- noun - deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous)
- approbation
- noun - an expression of approval or praise
- arduous
- adjective - strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort
- assuage
- verb - to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
- audacious
- adjective - daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity)
- austere
- adjective - without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity)
- axiomatic
- adjective - taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)
- canonical
- adjective - following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun form: canon)
- censure
- verb - to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
- chicanery
- noun - trickery or suberfuge
- connoisseur
- noun - an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
- convoluted
- adjective - complex or complicated
- disabuse
- verb - to undeceive; to set right
- discordant
- adjective - conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
- disparate
- adjective -fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
- effrontery
- noun - extreme boldness; presumptuousness
- eloquent
- adjective - well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence)
- enervate
- verb - to weaken; to reduce in vitality
- ennui
- noun - dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
- equivocate
- verb - to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj. form: equivocal)
- erudite
- adjective - very learned; scholarly (noun form: erudition)
- exculpate
- verb - exonerate; to clear of blame
- exigent
- adjective - urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
- extemporaneous
- adjective - improvised; done without preparation
- filibuster
- noun - intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
- fulminate
- verb - to loudly attack or denounce
- ingenuous
- adjective - artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
- inured
- adjective - accustomed to accepting something undesirable
- irascible
- adjective - easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
- laud
- verb - to praise highly (adj. form: laudatory)
- lucid
- adjective - clear; easily understood
- magnanimity
- noun - the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (adj. form: magnanimous)
- martial
- adjective - associated with war and the armed forces
- mundane
- adjective - of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
- nascent
- adjective - coming into being; in early developmental stages
- nebulous
- adjective - vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
- neologism
- noun - a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words of senses
- noxious
- adjective - harmful, injurious
- obtuse
- adjective - lacking sharpness or intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
- obviate
- verb - to anticipate and make unnecessary
- onerous
- adjective - troubling; burdensome
- paean
- noun - a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
- parody
- noun - a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art
- perennial
- adjective - recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
- perfidy
- noun - intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj. form: perfidious)
- perfunctory
- adjective - cursory; done without care or interest
- perspicacious
- adjective - acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)
- prattle
- verb - to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
- precipitate
- adjective - acting with excessive hast or impulse
- precipitate (verb)
- verb - to cause or happen before anticipated or required
- predilection
- noun - a disposition in favor of something; preference
- prescience
- noun - foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj. form: prescient)
- prevaricate
- verb - to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
- qualms
- noun - misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
- recant
- verb - to retract, esp. a previously held belief
- refute
- verb - to disprove; to successfully argue against
- relegate
- verb - to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
- reticent
- adjective - quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
- solicitous
- adjective - concerned and attentive; eager
- sordid
- adjective - characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
- sporadic
- adjective - occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
- squander
- verb - to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
- static
- adjective - not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
- stupefy
- verb - to stub, baffle, or amaze
- stymie
- verb - to block; thwart
- synthesis
- noun - the combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)
- torque
- noun - a force that causes rotation
- tortuous
- adjective - winding, twisting; excessively complicated
- truculent
- adjective - fierce and cruel; eager to fight
- veracity
- noun - truthfulness, honesty
- virulent
- adjective - extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
- voracious
- adjective - having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
- waver
- verb - to more to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion