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Hit Parade Group 1
3rd 20
37
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Graduate
09/04/2007

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neologism
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(noun) a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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noxious
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(adj.) harmful, injurious
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obutuse
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(adj.) lacking sharpeness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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obviate
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(verb) to anticipate and make unnecessry
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onerous
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(adj.) troubling; burdensome
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paean
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(noun) a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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parody
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(noun) a humourous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art
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perennial
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(adj) recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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perfidy
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(noun) intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj. form: perfidious)
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perfunctory
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(adj.) cursory;done without care or interest
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perspicacious
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(adj.) acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)
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prattle
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(verb) to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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precipitate
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(adj.) acting with excessive haste or impulse
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precipitate
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(verb) to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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predilection
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(noun) a disposition in favor of something preference
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prescience
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(noun) foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj. form: prescient)
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prevaricate
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(verb) to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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qualms
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(noun) misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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recant
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(verb) to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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refute
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(verb) to disprove; to successfully argue against
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relegate
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(verb) to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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reticent
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(adj.) quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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solicitous
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(adj.) concerned and attentive; eager
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sordid
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(adj.) characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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sporadic
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(adj.) occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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squander
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(verb) to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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static
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(adj.) not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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stupefy
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(verb) to stun, baffle, or amaze
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stymie
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(verb) to block; thwart
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synthesis
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(noun) the combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)
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torque
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(noun) a force that causes rotation
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tortuous
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(adj.) winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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truculent
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(adj.) fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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veracity
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(noun) truthfulness, honesty
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virulent
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(adj.) extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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voracious
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(adj.) having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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waver
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(verb) to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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