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Hit Parade p.6
Question | Answer |
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acumen | n. accurate, quick, or keen insight or knowledge |
archaic | adj. outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time |
dissemble | v. to disguise or conceal; to mislead |
eccentric | adj. to departing from norms or conventions |
evanescent | adj. tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing |
hackneyed | adj. rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage |
hegemony | n. the consistent dominance over others |
impunity | n. immunity from punishment or penalty |
infelicitous | adj. unfortunate, inappropriate |
malevolent | adj. having vicious (evil) ill-will, spite, or hatred; evil |
pedagogy | n. the art of teaching, instructing, or trainning |
pine | v. to yearn (yen, desire) intensely; to languish; to lose vigor |
pith | n. the most essential or central part |
pithy | adj. precise and brief |
profuse | adj. produce and growing abundantly; extravagant |
querulous | adj. full of complaints; complaining |
specious | adj. seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive |
spurious | adj. counterfeit; lacking authenticity or validity; false |
subpoena | n. a court order requiring appearance and testimony |
succinct | adj. brief; concise |
superfluous | adj. extrinsic; extraneous; exceeding what is sufficient |
surfeit | n. excess; overabundance; plethora; overindulgence |
tenacity | n. stick together to something valued (adj. = tenacious) |
tenuous | adj. thin; having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak |
tirade | n. a harsh denunciation; a long and extremely critical speech |
transient | adj. fleeting; brief; emphemeral |