2 Gre Hit Parade V6.3

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abscond (v.)
The salesman had absconded with their money and never recorded the deeds

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to steal off and hide

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ameliorate (v.)
To ameliorate the hazard, some turbines are painted black to absorb sunlight and melt the ice faste

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to make better

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austere (adj.)
Decades ago a public library was an austere place, about as lively as a cemetery.

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very plain

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axiom (n.)
Central to "being French" is the republican axiom that all citizens are free and equal.

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universally recognized principle

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bucolic (adj.)
Summer turns to winter in this rhyming counting book, whose bucolic illustrations have a pleasingly old-fashioned look and feel.

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rustic and pastoral

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disabuse (v.)
If you ever have the tendency to think that the camera makes the photographer, he will quickly disabuse you of that notion.

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to set right; to free from deception or error; to undeceive

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effrontery (n.)
He has the sheer effrontery of a movie star.

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extreme boldness

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ephemeral (adj.)
Capturing those ephemeral images has been a challenge to generations of artists.

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brief; lasting a short time

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extemporaneous (adj.)
Then the President introduced an extemporaneous paragraph into his prepared text.

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improvised

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fulminate (v.)
Politicians fulminate about double standards and anti-Semitism.

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to loudly attack

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hyperbole (n.)
If you want to get your point across, stop using infantile hyperbole and stick to the facts.

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exaggerated statement

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oscillation (n.)
Remember that fluid mechanics is a useful model for explaining sustained vocal fold oscillation, however the process is nonlinear.

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steady rhythm

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penurious (adj.)
Blessed are the penurious, for they are able to help themselves.

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penny pinching

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perfidy (n.)
After this act of perfidy, the negroes attempted to escape in the confusion that followed.

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intentional treachery

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pernicious (adj.)
Now the focus is on inequality itself, and its supposedly pernicious consequences

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extremely harmful

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perspicacious (adj.)
He was perspicacious and honest enough to acknowledge to himself the danger of such a stand.

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acutely perceptive

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pious (adj.)
But they say they are pious men, with sins to atone for, and he accepts their offer.

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extremely religiously devoted

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precipitate (adj.)/(v.)
1) By contrast with the physics prize, the award for chemistry is positively precipitate.
2) Fears that this is going to precipitate a crisis seem overblown

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1) acting c excessive haste/impulse
2) to cause/happen before anticipated/required

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predilection (n.)
The aristocracy are marked by their predilection for country-life.

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disposition in favor of something

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prolific (adj.)
Zebra mussels are prolific breeders and can live for several days out of water.

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producting large amounts

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reticent (adj.)
Yet public policy makers are slow or reticent to create policies that reduce or eliminate smoking in public places.

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quiet & reserved

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sordid (adj.)
Its free press makes the sordid details available to everybody.

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characterized by filth

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squalid (adj.)
The urban poor often lived and worked in squalid and dangerous conditions.

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wretched & dirty

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squander (v.)
And many people will squander valuable time to get something free.

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to use irresponsibly

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torpid (adj.)
Animals were found to be quite torpid but capable of swimming.

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lethargic

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ubiquitous (adj.)
Citrus is so ubiquitous in the market these days, the peak seasons of the various fruits tend to be forgotten.

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existing everywhere at the same time

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veracity (n.)
The fact that he did not recognize the danger he was in makes me doubt his veracity and intelligence, if not his integrity.

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honesty

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vilify (v.)
The statements did not criticize the defendant's demeanor nor attempt to vilify him in any way

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to defame

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virulent (adj).
Spring water can be virulent, so boil all water before drinking.

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extremely harmful

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convoluted (adj.)
Two gunmen chase after an anthropologist on the run in this convoluted, low-budget drama.

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complex/complicated

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culpable (adj.)
Attorney found culpable of professional misconduct, but no period of suspension imposed.

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deserving blame

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eclectic (adj.)
We sit in the small living room, its furniture antique and eclectic.

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composed of various elements

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erudite (adj.)
Such profound questions are often asked, but too often are followed by erudite answers from someone who claims to know.

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scholarly; learned

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eulogy (n.)
It was a eulogy to a headmaster and was pretty glowing.

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a speeching honouring the dead

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facetious (adj.)
Respondent testified that he found this repeated phrase irritating and facetious.

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playful; humorous

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lucid (adj.)
The moonlight, which seems so lucid and brilliant when you look up, is all pearl and smoke round the pond and the hills.

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clear; easily understood

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paean (n.)
At heart this romantic, melancholy tale is a paean to reading and to the life one person lives through books.

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song/hymn of praise and thanks

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precursor (n.)
Mild cognitive impairment is thought to be a precursor for Alzheimer's.

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one that precedes and indicates/announces another

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qualms (n.)
Every one of those animals is a nasty creature with no qualms about killing humans.

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misgivings; reservation

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quiescence (n.)
Geysers go through periods of activity and quiescence.

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stillness; motionlessness

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recant (v.)
Many detainees were required to recant their religious beliefs as a precondition of release.

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to retract (a belief)

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redoubtable (adj.)
The finished product can stand a redoubtable five feet tall and measure the same or more in diameter.

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honourable; formidable

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satire (n.)
Parody would be a first cousin, a satire on an actual work of art.

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literary work which ridicules/criticizes

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stoic (adj.)
Judges are meant to be stoic in the eyes of a case.

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indifferent/unaffected by pleasure/pain

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stymie (v.)
Failure on one could stymie advancement on the others.

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to block/thwart

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supplant (v.)
The extent to which unmanned aircraft could or should supplant piloted ones will be debated for decades.

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to take place of; supersede

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synthesis (n.)
The code directs one of several steps in the synthesis of proteins inside cells, the basic process of life.

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the combination of parts to make a whole

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ascetic (n.)
He renounced his kingdom and embraced instead the path of the ascetic.

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a person who engages in rigid self-denial

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arduous (adj.)
Their work is always arduous, often heroic and sometimes dangerous.

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difficult; requiring great exertion.

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Canonical (adj.)
The researchers acknowledged that biologists had not been crying out for a canonical definition of the term.

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following in agreement with; conforming; recognized.

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Contentious (adj.)
Building new motorways is almost as contentious as putting new roads through urban areas.

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leading to an argument; controversial; quarrelsome