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Hit Parade Week 5

Hit Parade Week 5

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brevity briefness
expedient appropriate to a purpose; convenient; speedy
transient passing quickly in time or space
bolster to hearten, support or prop up
burgeon to grow and flourish
copious plentiful; having a large quantity
distend to swell out or expand from internal pressure, as when overly full
prodigious enormous
profundity great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning
redouble to make twice as great; to double
scintillating brilliant
averse strongly disinclined
demure modest and reserved
diffidence timidity
docile submissive to instruction; willing to be taught
innocuous harmless
placid calm or quiet; undisturbed
quiescent quiet, still, or at rest; inactive
dogmatic stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs
fastidious carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please
intransigence refusal to moderate a position or to compromise
jocular characterized by or given to joking
affable friendly
alacrity promptness in response; cheerful readiness; eagerness
amiable friendly
sanguine cheerfully confident; optimistic
belligerent eager to fight; hostile or aggressive
cantankerous ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
contentious quarrelsome
exacerbate to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
flippant disrespectfully humorous or cassual
insolent insulting in manner or speech
nefarious flagrantly wicked; vicious
pernicious extremely or irrevocably harmful; deadly
rancorous marked by bitter, depp-seated ill-will
repugnant arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive
supercilious disdainful; haughty; arrogant
invocation (n) a call (usually upon a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration
stratify to layer or separate into layers
variegated having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color(s); varicolored
verdant green with vegetation
Created by: stellarxo
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