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Group 1
HIT Parade
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abscond | (verb) to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide |
| adversity | (noun) hardship or difficulty; opposition |
| aggravate | (verb) to worsen or intensify |
| arduous | (adjective) strenuous; taxing; requiring; significant effort |
| belie | (verb) to give a false impression of; to misrepresent |
| bombast | (noun) self-important or pompous writing or speech |
| cacophony | (noun) harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance |
| castigation | (noun) severe criticism or punishment |
| censure | (verb) to criticize severely; to officially rebuke |
| chicanery | (noun) trickery or subterfuge |
| coercive | (adjective) serving or intended to compel by force or authority |
| condemn | (verb) to blame or denounce |
| conspire | (verb) to secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act |
| covert | (adjective) hidden; clandestine |
| cower | (verb) to shrink in fear; to cringe |
| craven | (adjective) contemptibly fainthearted; lacking any courage |
| denigrate | (verb) to blacken; to belittle; to sully; to defame; to disparage |
| denounce | (verb) to publicly condemn or criticize |
| derision | (noun) scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment |
| diatribe | (noun) a harsh denunciation |
| discomfit | (verb) to defeat; to put down |
| disingenuous | (adjective) insincere; lacking in honesty or frankness |
| dissemble | (verb) to disguise or conceal; to mislead |
| exacerbate | (verb) to make worse or more severe; to increase in violence |
| fraud | (noun) deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage |
| furtive | (adjective) marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
| garrulous | (adjective) pointlessly talkative; talking too much |
| harangue | (verb) to deliver a pompous speech or tirade |
| impudent | (adjective) saucy; impertinent; bold and disrespectful |
| inopportune | (adjective) ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate |
| irascible | (adjective) easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
| malevolent | (adjective) having or showing often vicious ill-will, spite, or hatred |
| martial | (adjective) associated with war and the armed forces |
| misanthrope | (noun) one who hates all other humans |
| morose | (adjective) sad; sullen; melancholy |
| obdurate | (adjective) unyielding; hardhearted; intractable |
| obsequious | (adjective) exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| obstinate | (adjective) stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising |
| onerous | (adjective) troubling; burdensome |
| opprobrium | (noun) disgrace; contempt; scorn |
| pedantic | (adjective) the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules |
| perjury | (noun) the purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath |
| provoke | (verb) to incite anger, resentment, or exasperation |
| recalcitrant | (adjective) obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
| secrete | (verb) to ensconce, conceal, or stow |
| specious | (adjective) seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive |
| spurious | (adjective) lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit |
| squander | (verb) to waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
| tirade | (noun) a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation |
| vexation | (noun) annoyance or irritation |
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