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The Hit Parade
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10/22/2013
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perseverating
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speaking the same thing over and over again, often nonsensically
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sough
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make a soft murmuring or rustling sound
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cant
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insincere expression of enthusiasm
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glib
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fluent, often thoughtlessly or superficially so
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wend
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pursue or direct
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droll
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amusing in an odd way
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pith
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essential part; core
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limn
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to represent in painting; portray
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feint
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movement made to escape an enemy
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repudiate
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reject emphatically
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recapitulate
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repeat exactly
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garrulous
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talkative, showy
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munificent
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very liberal in giving; generous
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laconic
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speaking few words
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mendacity
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lie; condition of telling a lie
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prevarication
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straying from or evading the truth
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apposite
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strikingly appropriate or relevant
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anachronistic
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out of chronological order
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pugnacious
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combative; belligerent
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ascetic
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renouncing material comforts; austere and self-disciplined
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taciturn
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habitually untalkative
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consummate
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complete or perfect in every respect
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execrable
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extremely bad; inferior
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bombastic
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grandiloquent; pompous speech
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etiolated
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pale or sickly
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sidereal
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stellar; pertaining to the cosmos
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prodigious
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great in size
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aberrant
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deviating from the norm
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axiomatic
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taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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capricious
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inclined to change one's mind
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censure
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criticize severely
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chicanery
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trickery or subterfuge
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enervate
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to weaken
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equivocate
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use ambiguous language with the intent to deceive
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exigent
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urgent, pressing
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fulminate
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to attack loudly or denounce
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ingenuous
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artless; frank and candid
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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irascible
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easily angered
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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paean
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song or hymn of praise
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perfidy
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intentional breach of faith; treachery
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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precipitate
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acting with excessive haste
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predilection
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a disposition in favor of sth.
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive
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truculent
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fierce and cruel
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voracious
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having an insatiable appetite
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chary
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wary; cautious
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dearth
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scarcity; lack
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demur
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to question or oppose
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emollient
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soothing
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ephemeral
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brief; fleeting
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by a small group
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harangue
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to deliver a tirade or pompous speech
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impecunious
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lacking funds; without money
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intransigent
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refusing to cooperate
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inveigle
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to obtain by deceipt
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penurious
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penny-pinching
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quiescence
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stillness;motionlessness
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redoubtable
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awe-inspiring; worthy of admiration
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torpid
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lethargic; sluggish
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urbane
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sophisticated
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