Hit Parade Group 1

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abscond

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[verb] to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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adversity

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[noun] hardship or difficulty; opposition

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aggravate

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[verb] to worsen or intensify

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arduous

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[adjective] strenuous; taxing; requiring significant effort

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belie

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[verb] to give a false impression of; to misrepresent

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bombast

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[noun] self-important or pompous writing or speech

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cacophony

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[noun] harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance

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castigation

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[noun] severe criticism or punishment

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censure

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[verb] to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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chicanery

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[noun] trickery or subterfuge

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coercive

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[adjective] serving or intended to compel by force or authority

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condemn

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[verb] to blame or denounce

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conspire

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[verb] to secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act

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covert

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[adjective] hidden; clandestine

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cower

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[verb] shrink in fear; cringe

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craven

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[adjective] contemptibly fainthearted, lacking any courage

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denigrate

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[verb] to blacken; to belittle; to sully; to defame; to disparage

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denounce

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[verb] to publicly condemn or criticize

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derision

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[noun] scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment

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diatribe

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[noun] a harsh denunciation

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discomfit

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[verb] to defeat; to put down

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disingenuous

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[adjective] insincere; lacking in honesty or frankness

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dissemble

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[verb] to disguise or conceal; to mislead

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exacerbate

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[verb] to make worse or more severe; to increase in violence

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fraud

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[noun] deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage

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furtive

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[adjective] marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

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garrulous

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[adjective] pointlessly talkative; talking too much

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harangue

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[verb] to deliver a pompous speech or tirade

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impudent

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[adjective] saucy; impertinent; bold and disrespectful

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inopportune

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[adjective] ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate

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irascible

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[adjective] easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

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malevolent

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[adjective] having or showing often vicious ill-will, spite, or hatred

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martial

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[adjective] associated with war and the armed forces

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misanthrope

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[noun] one who hates all other humans

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morose

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[adjective] sad; sullen; melancholy

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obdurate

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[adjective] unyielding, hardhearted; intractable

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obsequious

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[adjective] exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

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obstinate

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[adjective] stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising

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onerous

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[adjective] troubling; burdensome

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opprobrium

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[noun] disgrace; contempt; scorn

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pedantic

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[adjective] the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules

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perjury

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[noun] the purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath

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provoke

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[verb] to incite anger, resentment, or exasperation

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recalcitrant

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[adjective] obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

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secrete

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[verb] to ensconce, conceal, or stow

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specious

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[adjective] seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive

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spurious

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[adjective] lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

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squander

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[verb] to waste by spreading or using irresponsibly

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tirade

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[noun] a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

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vexation

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[noun] annoyance or irritation