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Beyond the Hit Parade Group 2, Princeton Review

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adjure   to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid  
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adumbrate   to foreshadow vaguely or imply; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow  
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anathema   a solemn or religious curse; a person or thing that is loathed  
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anodyne   soothing; or something that comforts or soothes pain  
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apogee   farthest or highest point; zenith  
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apostate   one who abandons long-held religious or political beliefs  
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apotheosis   glorification to godliness; an exalted example or a model of perfection  
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asperity   severity  
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asseverate   to assert  
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assiduous   diligent; hardworking  
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augury   omen  
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bellicose   belligerent (hostile/aggressive); pugnacious  
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calumniate   to slander or make false accusation  
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captious   disposed to point out trivial faults; calculated to confuse or entrap in argument  
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cavil   to find fault without good reason  
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celerity   speed, alacrity THINK accelerate  
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chimera   an illusion  
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contumacious   insubordinate, rebellious  
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debacle   fiasco  
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denouement   an outcome or solution  
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descry   to discriminate or discern  
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desuetude   disuse (the state of not being used)  
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desultory   random; aimless; having a lack of plan or purpose  
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diaphanous   transparent, gauzy (thin)  
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diffident   reserved, shy, THINK lack in confidence  
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dirge   a song of grief  
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encomium   glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric (public speech), eulogy  
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eschew   to shun or avoid  
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excoriate   to censure or upbraid (scold)  
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execrate   to denounce; to declare to be evil  
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exegesis   critical examination, explication (to unravel or unfold)  
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expiate   to atone or make amends for  
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extirpate   to destroy  
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fatuous   silly  
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fractious   quarrelsome, rebellious  
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gainsay   to deny or oppose  
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heterodox   unorthodox, heretical  
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imbroglio   embarrassing situation  
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indefatigable   not easily exhaustible, dogged (has persistence)  
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ineluctable   certain, inevitable  
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inimitable   one of a kind  
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insouciant   carefree  
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inveterate   deep rooted  
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jejune   vapid (not interesting); childish  
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lubricious   lewd, greasy  
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mendicant   a beggar, supplicant (supplicate: to beg)  
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meretricious   cheap  
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minatory   menacing  
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nadir   low point, perigee  
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nonplussed   baffled  
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obstreperous   noisily and stubbornly defiant  
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ossified   tending to become more rigid, conventional,sterile with age; literally, turned into bone  
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palliate   to make something seem less serious  
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panegyric   formal praise, eulogy  
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parsimonious   cheap  
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peroration   the concluding part of a speech; flowery, rhetorical speech  
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plangent   pounding, thundering  
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prolix   long-winded, verbose  
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propitiate   to appease  
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puerile   childish  
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puissance   power  
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pusillanimous   cowardly, pussy  
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remonstrate   to protest, object  
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sagacious   having sound judgment  
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salacious   lustful  
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salutary   remedial, wholesome  
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sanguine   cheerful, confident, optimistic  
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saturnine   gloomy, dark  
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sententious   aphoristic or moralistic  
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stentorian   extremely loud and powerful  
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stygian   gloomy, dark  
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sycophant   toady, servile; parasite  
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tendentious   biased  
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timorous   timid  
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tyro   novice  
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vitiate   to corrupt  
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voluble   fluent  
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