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Hit Parade p.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ameliorate | v. to make better |
| axiom | n. a universally regcognized principle |
| axiomatic | adj. taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth |
| canonical | adj. following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards |
| extemporaneous | adj. improvised; done without preparation |
| fulminate | v. to loudly attack or denounce (speak out against) |
| hyperbole | n. an exaggerated statement |
| perspicacious | adj. acutely perceptive; having keen discernment(understanding) |
| precursor | n. forerunner; one that precedes (comes before) and indicates or announces another |
| prolific | adj. producing large volumes or amounts; productive |
| redoubtable | adj. worthy of honor; awe-inspiring |
| sordid | adj. characterized by filth, grime (unclean-dirt), or squalor; foul; dirty |
| squander | v. spend extravagantly; to waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
| synthesis | n. the combination of parts to make a whole |
| torpid | adj. lethargic; sluggish; dormant |
| torque | n. a force that causes rotation |
| ubiquitous | adj. existing everywhere at the same time; omnipresence |
| culpable | adj. deserving blame |
| paean | n. a strong or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
| penurious | adj. ungenerous; excessively thrifty; penny-pinching |
| perfidy | n. treachery (betrayal of trust); intentional breach (make an opening or gap) of faith |
| pernicious | adj. virulent; extremely harmful; potentially causing death |
| pious | adj. showing strong religious devotion; extremely reverent or devout |
| precipitate | adj. done with great haste or impulse / v. to happen before anticipated or required |
| predilection | n. preference; a disposition (inclination) in favor of something |
| qualms | n. misgivings (distrusts); reservations (a doubt prevents you from accepting something); causes for hesitancy |
| recant | v. disavow; abjure; to retract, esp. a previously held belief |
| reticent | adj. untalkative; unemotional; quiet; reserved |
| satire | n. humorously sarcastic criticize; a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice (moral weakness) through humor or derision (ridicule & contempt) |
| squalid | adj. sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect/degraded/run down |
| stoic | adj. unemotional; indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast |
| stymie | v. to block; thwart |
| supplant | v. to take the place of; supersede; replace |
| veracity | n. honesty; truthfulness |
| vilify | v. spread negative info about; to defame; to characterize harshly |
| virulent | adj. pernicious; extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly (extremely and sharply) hostile or antagonistic in tone |
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