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trouble parade words
reviews words I have trouble with from the Princeton hit parades
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Glib | (adj) marked by ease or informality;nonchalant;lacking depth;superficial |
| hubris | (n) overbearing presumption or pride;arrogance |
| immutable | (adj) not capable of change |
| impetuous | (adj) hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement |
| inimical | (adj) damaging; harmful; injurious |
| intrepid | (adj) steadfast and courageous |
| phlegmatic | (adj)calm; sluggish; unemotional |
| plethora | (n) an overabundance; a surplus |
| proclivity | (n) a natural predisposition or inclination |
| profligate | (adj)excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant (noun form: profligacy) |
| propensity | (n) a natural inclination or tendency, penchant |
| prosaic | (adj) dull; lacking in spirit or imagination |
| pungent | (adj) characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste |
| rarefy | (v) to make or become thin, less dense; to refine |
| sedulous | (adj) diligent; persistent; hard-working |
| tacit | (adj) implied; not explicitly stated |
| untenable | (adj) indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable |
| variegated | (adj) multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color. |
| diatribe | (n) a harsh denunciation |
| infelicitous | (adj) unfortunate; inappropriate |
| opprobrium | (n) disgrace; contempt;scorn |
| pithy | (adj) precise and brief |
| platitude | (n) a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful |
| polemical | (adj) controversial; argumentative |
| prodigal | (adj) recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish |
| profuse | (adj) given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant |
| proliferate | (v) to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly |
| rancorous | (adj) characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment (noun form: rancor) |
| recalcitrant | (adj) obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
| repudiate | (v) to refuse to have anything to do with; disown |
| rescind | (v) to invalidate; to repeal; to retract |
| specious | (adj) seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false |
| spurious | (adj) lacking authenticity or validity; false' counterfeit |
| succinct | (adj) brief; concise |
| superfluous | (adj)exceeding what is sufficient or necessary |
| tenuous | (adj) having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak |
| transient | (adj) fleeting; passing quickly; brief |
| contentious | (adj) argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement |
| enigmatic | (adj) mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand (noun form: enigma) |
| ephemeral | (adj) brief; fleeting |
| esoteric | (adj) intended for or understood by a small, specific group |
| heretical | (adj) violating accepted dogma or convention (noun form: heresy) |
| impecunious | (adj) lacking funds; without money |
| incipient | (adj) beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| inert | (adj) unmoving; lethargic; sluggish |
| intransigent | (adj) refusing to compromise (noun form : intransigence) |
| morose | (adj) sad; sullen; melancholy |
| penurious | (adj) penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous |
| prodigious | (adj) abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary |
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