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BEYOND THE HIT PARADE
BEYOND THE HIT PARADE - GROUP 2
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Language - English
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12/14/2010

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ABJURE
Definition
To renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
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APOGEE
Definition
Farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith
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APOSTATE
Definition
One who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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ASSIDUOUS
Definition
Diligent, hard-working, sedulous
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CELERITY
Definition
Speed, alacrity; think accelerate
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CALUMINIATE
Definition
To slander, make a false accusation; calumny means slander, aspersion
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ASPERITY
Definition
Severity, rigor; roughness, harshness, acrimony, irritability
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ADUMBRATE

He had an amazing power of adumbration bordering on the supernatural; he somehow always knew when something very good or very bad was about to happen.

Definition
To foreshadow vaguely or intimate, to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow
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ANODYNE
Definition

Something that assuages or allays pain or comforts

Relieving or lessening pain; soothing

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APOTHEOSIS
Definition
Deification, glorification to godliness, an exalted example, a model of excellence or perfection
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ANATHEMA

His strong views in favor of abortion rights are an anathema to the pro-life lobby in the senate

Definition

1) A formal curse imposed by authority 2) Cursed or detested thing

Synonyms: Abhorrence, Aversion
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ASSEVERATE

Even though the doctor asseverated that the illness was minor, I decided to go for a second opinion

Definition

To affirm or declare positively or emphatically

Synonyms: Contend, Allege, Assert
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Augury

The fortune teller sat in his throne of augury

Definition
Omen, portent
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BELLICOSE

The tribals in the western part of this state are known for their bellicosity and ferociousness, so it is not advisable to make this trip by night.

Definition
Belligerent, Pugnacious, Contentious
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CAPTIOUS

Upset at the captious and constantly complaining nature of his wife, he decided to consult a lawyer for a divorce.

Definition
Disposed to pint out trivial faults, calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
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CAVIL

Ms. Noggin caviled at almost everything that the decorators had done to adorn the ballroom for the party, asking them to redo most of the work.

Definition
To find fault without a good reason
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CHIMERA

Definition
An illusion; an imaginery fire-breathing she-monster
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CONTUMACIOUS

The stable-hand complained that for the last few days, the horse was being unreasonably contumacious - it refused to eat anything and also not let anyone ride it.

Definition

Exceedingly stubborn

Insubordinate, rebellious

Recalcitrant

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DEBACLE

As if the 5-0 debacle that the school hockey team suffered in the match against the Riverdale team was not humiliating enough, they were subjected to another defeat by an unknown team in the next match they played.

Definition
Rout, fiasco, failure
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DENOUEMENT
Definition

Final development of the plot of a play

An outcome or solution

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DESCRY
Definition
To discriminate or discern
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DESUETUDE

After years of desuetude, my french skills were finally put to use

Definition
Disuse
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DESULTORY

I went to him hoping to get a lot of knowledge on the subject of his specialization; however, he disappointed me by just making a desultory conversation of hardly any relevance.

Definition
Random; aimless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose
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DIAPHANOUS

I caught a glimpse of the girl through her diaphanous veil, and what I saw was a picture of exquisite beauty.

Definition
Transparent, gauzy
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DIFFIDENT

Surprisingly, the CEO of the corporation had been a diffident youth

Definition
Reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
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DIRGE

We listened to the slow, funeral dirge

Definition
A song of grief or lamentation
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EXERGESIS
Definition
Critical examination, explication
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ENCOMIUM

Mother Teresa was worthy of the worldwide recognition and all the encomium she received for her charitable deeds.

Definition

Expression of high praise

Synonyms: eulogy, tribute

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ESCHEW

Rodney has been eschewed from attending the club meetings after he misbehaved with the president.

Definition

To shun or avoid

Abstain from

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EXCORIATE

Critics excoriated Isabel for her bad performance in the play.

Definition

Criticize severely, Express a very bad opinion of a book, play etc.

To censure, to upbraid

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EXECRATE
Definition
Denouce, feel loathing  for, curse, declare to be evil
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EXPIATE

She is now feeling guilty and would like to expiate for the entire harm she has done to her friends.

Definition

To make amends for an offense, failure, sin etc., do penance for

 

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EXTIRPATE
Definition
To destry, exterminate, cut out, exscind
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FATUOUS

Ted's fatuous comments always embarrassed his keen-witted wife at parties

Definition

Stupid, foolishly-satisfied

Asurd; ludicrous; preposterous; ridiculous, silly

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FRACTIOUS
Definition

Unruly; rebellious

Synonyms: contentious, crankly, peevish, quarrelsome

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GAINSAY
Definition
To deny, dispute, contradict, oppose
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HETERODOX
Definition
Unortodox, heretical, inoclastic
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IMBROGLIO
Definition
Difficult or embarrassing situations
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INELUCTABLE
Definition
Certain, inevitable
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INDEFATIGABLE
Definition
Not easily exhaustible; tireleess, dogged
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INIMITABLE
Definition
One of a kind, peerless
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INSOUCIANT
Definition
Unconcerned, carefree, heedless
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MENDICANT
Definition
A beggar, supplicant
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JEJUNE
Definition
Vapid, uninteresting, nugatory, childish, immature, puerile
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MINATORY
Definition
Menacing, threatening
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INVETERATE
Definition
Deep rooted, ingrained, habitual
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MERETRICIOUS
Definition

Gaudy; falsely attractive

Synonyms: flashy, insincere, loud, specious, tawdry

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NADIR
Definition

Lowest point

Synonyms: bottom, depth, pit

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LUBRICIOUS
Definition
Lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery
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OSSIFIED
Definition
Tending to become more rigid, conventional, sterile, and reactionary with age; literally, turned into bone
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Nonplussed
Definition

Baffled, bewildered, at a loss for what to do or to think

Synonyms: confuse

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OBSTEPEROUS
Definition
Noisily and stubbornly defiant, agressively boisterous
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PALLIATE
Definition
To make something seem less serious, to gloss over, to make less severe or intense
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PARSIMONIOUS
Definition

Cheap, miserly

A parsimonious person parses out his money with great difficulty

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PELLUCID
Definition
Trasnsparent, easy to understand, limpid
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PROLIX
Definition
Long-wided, verbose; prolixity means verbosity
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PUERILE
Definition
Childish, immature, jejune, nugatory
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SAGACIOUS
Definition
Lustful, lascivious, bawdy
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PANEGYRIC
Definition

Elaborate praise, formal hymn of praise

Synonyms: compliment, homage

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PROPRITIATE
Definition
To appease; to conciliate; propitious means auspicious, favorable
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PERORATION
Definition
The concluding part of a speech; flowery, rhetorical speech
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PLANGENT
Definition

Pounding, thundering, resounding

 

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REMONSTRATE
Definition
To protest, object
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SANGUINE
Definition
Cheerful, confident, optimistic
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PUISSANCE
Definition
Power, strenght; puissant means powerful, strong
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SALUTARY
Definition
Remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
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SATURNINE
Definition
Gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
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PUSILLANIMOUS
Definition
Cowardly, craven
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SALACIOUS
Definition

Lustful, lascivious, bawdy

Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire; lascivious

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TENDENCIOUS
Definition
Biased; showing marked tendencies
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TIMOROUS
Definition
Timid, fearful, diffident
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SYCOPHANT
Definition
Toady, servile, self-seeking flatterrer; parasite
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STYGIAN
Definition
Gloomy, dark
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STENTORIAN
Definition
Extremely loud and powerful
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VOLUBLE
Definition
Fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language
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SENTENTIOUS
Definition
Aphoristic or moralistic; epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively
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VITIATE
Definition
To corrupt, debase, spoil, make ineffective
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TYRO
Definition
Novice, greenhorn, rank amateur
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