Hit Parade II
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44 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abate | to lessen in intensity or degree |
| Accolade | an expression of praise |
| Adulation | excessive praise; intense adoration |
| Avarice | greed, esp. for wealth |
| Burgeon | to grow rapidly or flourish |
| Bucolic | rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and inhabitants |
| Cacophony | harsh, jarring, discordant sound |
| Canon | an established set of principles or code of laws |
| Castigation | severe criticism or punishment |
| Chary | wary |
| Cogent | convincing |
| Complaisance | the willingness to comply with the wishes of others |
| Contentious | argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement |
| Dearth | scarcity; a lack |
| Demur | to question or oppose |
| Didactic | intended to teach or instruct |
| Disinterested | impartial |
| Dogmatic | expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or unprovable principles |
| Ebullient | cheerful and energetic |
| Elegy | mournful poem, esp. one lamenting for the dead |
| Emollient | soothing |
| Enigmatic | mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand |
| Surreptitious | kept secret, esp. because it would not be approved of |
| Esoteric | intended for or understood by a small, specific group |
| Eulogy | a speech honoring the dead |
| Furtive | marked by stealth |
| Harangue | to deliver a long pompous speech |
| Hyperbole | an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech |
| Impecunious | lacking funds |
| Incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| Inert | unmoving; lethargic, sluggish |
| Intransigent | refusing to compromise |
| Inveigle | to obtain by deception or flattery |
| Odious | evoking intense aversion or dislike |
| Penurious | ungenerous; excessively thrifty |
| Peruse | to examine thoroughly |
| Putrefy | to decay |
| Quiescence | stillness |
| Redoubtable | awe-inspiring; worthy of honor |
| Squalid | dirty and wretched |
| Supplant | to take the place of; supersede |
| Torpid | sluggish; lethargic |
| Urbane | sophisticated |
| Vilify | defame; characterize harshly |
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