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Hit Parade (group 1)

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Abscond to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
adversity hardship or difficulty; opposition
aggravate to worsen or intensify
arduous strenuous; taxing; tedious
belie to give false impression of; hidden meaning; to misrepresent
bombast self-important or pompous writing or speech
cacophony harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
censure to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
chicanery trickery
coercive serving or intended to compel by force or authority
condemn to blame or denounce
conspire to secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act
covert hidden
cower shrink in fear; cringe
craven contemptibly fainthearted, lacking any courage
denigrate to blacken; to belittle; to defame; to sully
denounce publicly condemn or criticize
derision scorn; ridicule
diatribe a harsh denunciation
discomfit to defeat; to put down
disingenuous insincere; lacking in honesty or frankness
dissemble conceal; to mislead
exacerbate to make worse; to increase in violence
fraud fake; deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage
furative marked by stealth; covert
garrulous talking too much
harangue to deliver a pompous speech or tirade
impudent bold and disrespectful
inopportune ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
irascible easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
malevolent showing ill-will, spite, or hatred
martial pertaining with war and the armed forces
misanthrope one who hates all other humans
morose sad; sullen; melancholy
obdurate unyielding; intractable
obsequious exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
obstinate stubborn
onerous troubling; burdensome
opprobrium disgrace; contempt; scorn
pedantic the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
perjury the purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath
provoke to incite anger; exasperation
recalcitrant defiant of authority; difficult to manage
secrete to ensconce, conceal, or stow
specious seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
squander to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
tirade a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
vexation annoyance or irritation
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