1 Beyond The Hit Parade Version 6.3

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abrogate (v.)

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to abolish/annul by authority; to put down

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abscission (n.)

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the act of cutting off/removing

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acarpous (adj.)

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worn out

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accretion (n.)

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growth; building up

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admonish (v.)

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to reprove; to express warning/disapproval

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adroit (adj.)

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adept; dexterous

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antipathy (n.)

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aversion; dislike

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antithetical (adj.)

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diametrically opposed

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apocryphal (adj.)

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of dubious authenticity/origin; spurious

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apogee (n.)

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farthest/highest point; zenith

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apposite (adj.)

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appropriate; pertinent; relevant

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apprise (v.)

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to give notice to; to inform

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arabesque (n.)

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a complex, ornate design

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arcane (adj.)

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mysterious; abstruse; esoteric

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arrant (adj.)

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impudent

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artless (adj.)

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completely w/o guile; natural; w/o artificiality

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ascetic (n./adj.)

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s.o. practicing self-denial; austere; stark

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aspersion (n.)

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an acct of defamation/maligning

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assay (n./v.)

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an analysis; examination

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attenuate (v.)

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to rarefy; to weaken/make thinner

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auspice (n.)

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protection/support

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auspicious (adj.)

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favorable; successful

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aver (v.)

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to prove; to justify

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baleful (adj.)

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sinister; ominous

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bane (n.)

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cause of injury; poison; source of harm

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beatify (v.)

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to bless, make happy; to regard as saintly

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bedizen (v.)

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to adorn; in a cheap, showy manner

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belie (v.)

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to give a false impression of; to misrepresent

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bellicose (adj.)

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belligerent; pugnacious

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bilge (n.)

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bulge; proturberance of a cask

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blandish (v.)

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to toady/fawn

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blithe (adj.)

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carefree; merry

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boisterous (adj.)

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loud, noisy, rough

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boor (n.)

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a rude/insensitive person

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burnish (v.)

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to polish

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byzantine (adj.)

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complex

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cabal (n.)

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a scheme or plot

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cachinnate (v.)

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to laugh laughly

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cadge (v.)

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to sponge/mooch

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cajole (v.)

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to inveigle/coax

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calumny (n.)

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slander; aspersion

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caparison (v.)

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to adorn/bedizen

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caret (n.)

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mark used by editors

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chasten (v.)

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to chastise/correct

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abjure

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to renounce/reject; to avoid

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adumbrate

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to foreshadow/intimate; to suggest sketchily; to obscure

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anathema

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a religious curse

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anodyne

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soothing; something that relieves pain

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apostate

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one who abandons long-held political/religious convictions

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apotheosis

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deification; glory to god

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asseverate

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to aver; to allege; to assert

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assiduous

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diligent; hard-working

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calumniate

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to slander; make false accusations

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captious

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calculated to confuse/entrap in argument

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cavil

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to find fault w/o good reason

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celerity

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speed; alacrity

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chauvinist

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a blind devoted patriot

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chimera

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an illusion