Quizlet Hit parade 2

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  1. ABATE: (v) to lessen in in intensity or degree
  2. ACCOLADE: (n) an expression of praise
  3. ADULATION: (n) excessive praise; intense adoration
  4. AESTHETIC: (adj) dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
  5. AMELIORATE: (v) to make better or more tolerable
  6. ASCETIC: (n) one wo practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion
  7. AVARICE: (n) greed, esp. for wealth
  8. AXIOM: (n) a universally recognized principle
  9. BUCOLIC: (adj) rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
  10. BURGEON: (v) to grow rapidly or flourish
  11. CACOPHONY: (n) harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
  12. CANON: (n) an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature
  13. CASTIGATION: (n) severe criticism or punishment
  14. CATALYST: (n) a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction witout itself changing; a person or thing that causes change
  15. CAUSTIC: (adj) burning or stinging; causing corrosion
  16. CHARY: (adj) wary; cautious; sparing
  17. COGENT: (adj) appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
  18. COMPLAISANCE: (n) the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
  19. CONTENTIOUS: (adj) argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
  20. CONTRITE: (adj) regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
  21. CULPABLE: (adj) deserving blame
  22. DEARTH: (n) smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
  23. DEMUR: (v) to question or oppose
  24. DIDACTIC: (adj) intended to teach or instruct
  25. DISCRETION: (n) cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
  26. DISINTERESTED: (adj) free of bias or self-interest; impartial
  27. DOGMATIC: (adj) expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles
  28. EBULLIENCE: (n) the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
  29. ECLECTIC: (adj) composed of elements drawn from various sources
  30. ELEGY: (n) a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead
  31. EMOLLIENT: (adj/n) soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
  32. EMPIRICAL: (adj) based on observation or experiment
  33. ENIGMATIC: (adj) mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
  34. EPHEMERAL: (adj) brief; fleeting
  35. ESOTERIC: (adj) intended for or understood by a small, specific group
  36. EULOGY: (n) a speech honoring the dead
  37. EXONERATE: (v) to remove blame
  38. FACETIOUS: (adj) playful; humorous
  39. FALLACY: (n) an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
  40. FURTIVE: (adj) marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
  41. GREGARIOUS: (adj) sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
  42. HARANGUE: (v/n) to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech
  43. HERETICAL: (adj) violating accepted dogma or convention
  44. HYPERBOLE: (n) an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech
  45. IMPECUNIOUS: (adj) lacking funds; without money
  46. INCIPIENT: (adj) beginning to come into being or to become apparent
  47. INERT: (adj) unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
  48. INNOCUOUS: (adj) harmless; causing no damage
  49. INTRANSIGENT: (adj) refusing to compromise
  50. INVEIGLE: (v) to obtain by deception or flattery
  51. MOROSE: (adj) sad; sullen; melancholy
  52. ODIOUS: (adj) evoking intense aversion or dislike
  53. OPAQUE: (adj) impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
  54. OSCILLATION: (n) the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm
  55. PENURIOUS: (adj) penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
  56. PERNICIOUS: (adj) extremely harmful; potentially causing death
  57. PERUSE: (v) to examine with great care
  58. PIOUS: (adj) extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion
  59. PRECURSOR: (n) one that precedes and indicates or announces another
  60. PREEN: (v) to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
  61. PRODIGIOUS: (adj) abundant in size, force or extent; extraordinary
  62. PROLIFIC: (adj) producing large volumes or amounts; productive
  63. PUTREFY: (v) to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor
  64. QUAFF: (v) to drink deeply
  65. QUIESCENCE: (n) stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
  66. REDOUBTABLE: (adj) awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
  67. SANCTION: (n/v) authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce complience; to give permission or authority to
  68. SATIRE: (n) a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
  69. SQUALID: (adj) sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
  70. STOIC: (adj) indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
  71. SUPPLANT: (v) to take the place of; supercede
  72. TORPID: (adj) lethargic; sluggish; dormant
  73. UBIQUITOUS: (adj) existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
  74. URBANE: (adj) sophisticated; refined; elegant
  75. VILIFY: (v) to defame; to characterize harshly
  76. VISCOUS: (adj) thick; sticky