【正文】 (a zealot is a zealous person)HIT PARADE GROUP 4 aggrandizeverbto increase in intensity, power, influence or prestigeanachronismnounsomething or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context something with a tightening effect on tissueconventionnouna generally agreedupon practice or attitudedecorumnounpolite or appropriate conduct or behavior (adjective form: decorous) to make dry or dullsomething secretglibadjectivemarked by ease or informality。hubrisnounoverbearing presumption or pride。immutableadjectivenot capable of change showing no bias or prejudiceintractableadjectivenot easily managed or directed。laconicadjectiveusing few words。mollifyverbto calm or soothe。 novice hardheaded。pervadeverbto permeatethroughout (adjective form: pervasive)plethoranounan overabundance。 taking libertiesprobitynounadherence to highest principles。profligateadjectiveexcessively wasteful。 lacking in spirit or imaginationquotidianadjectiveoccurring or recurring daily。reconditeadjectivehidden。refulgentadjectiveradiant。 to go back on a promiseshardnouna piece of broken pottery or glass not dense。 elusive。terseadjectivebrief and concise in wording penetrating not viable。variegatedadjectivemulticolored。vigilantadjectivealertly watchful (noun form: vigilance)volatileadjectivereadily changing to a vapor。alloyverbto mingle。s own use, confiscates attention as in arrested adolescence, an arresting portraitbrookverbto tolerate, endure, countenanceconsequentialadjectivepompous, selfimportant (primary definitions are: logically following。essayverbto test or try。felladjectiveinhumanly cruel: Fell beasts surrounded the explorers.grouseverbto plain or grumblelistverbto tilt or lean to one side: The ship39。milkverbto exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of: I milked the position for all it was worth.obtainadjectiveto be established, accepted, or customary: Those standards no longer obtain.pineverbto lose vigor (as through grief): to yearnprizeverbto pry, to press or force with level。 an opening or tear caused by such: a large rent in the fabricsapnouna fool or nitwit: Don39。standnouna group of treestenderverbto proffer or offer: He tendered his resignation. he can never make up his mind. to avoidanathemanouna solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse。 culmination。asperitynounseverity, rigor。assiduousadjectivediligent, hardworking, sedulous calumny means slander, aspersion thin。to find fault without good reasonverbcavilbelligerent, pugnacious, warlikeadjectivebellicose acrimony, irritabilityone who abandons longheld religious or political convictionsnounapostatesoothing, something that assuages or allays pain or fortsadjective / nounanodyne to suggest or outline sketchily。to renounce or reject solemnly。verbabjure to change one39。the supporting structural crosspart of a wingnounstrutcontemptible, despicable: He was a scurvy old reprobate.adjectivescurvyto limit: Let me qualify that statement.verbqualifyto plain about bitterly: Early American progressives railed against the railroad barons.verbrailcourage, spunk, fortitude: Churchill39。nounpluckmonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidianadjectivepedestriant mince words. Also, to take tiny steps, tiptoeto move heavily and clumsily: Lumbering giants on land, walruses are actually graceful swimmers.verblumber to steady or reinforce using a guy: Think guidesarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant: a flip remarkadjectiveflipto demand, call for, require, take: Even a victorious war exacts a heavy price.verbexactto diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a soundverbdampa blindly devoted patriotnounchauvinistleaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency: He had a naturally artistic bent.nounbent to engage。 unalloyed means pure fick。 to abuse or censure severely or abusively。annoyance。nounvexationto waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another。verbvacillate not false or hypocriticalsharply perceptive。adjectivetrenchantimplied。adjectivetacitone who spends money wastefullynounspendthrift tending to induce sleep persistent。 brilliant difficult to understand。to make or bee thin, less dense。verbrarefyfoolishly impractical。adjectivequixotica natural inclination or tendency, penchantnounpropensity uprightness uncorrupted。practical rather than idealisticadjectivepragmatic sluggish。characterized by or given to pretentious display。adjectiveostentatious to make confusing a recent convert。nounneophytean independent individual who does not go along with a group or partynounmaverick obstinate harmful。 impulsive and vehementabout to happen。adjectiveimminent lacking in depth。to show contempt for, as in a rule or conventionverbfloutto slight or belittleverbdisparage verb form: deride) gullible (noun form: credulity) touching。 harsh。agreeable。adjectiveamenable sharp。fervent。adjectivezealous a harsh denunciationhaving, little substance or strength。adjectivetenuous excess。brief。adjectivesuccinctlacking authenticity or validity。adjectivespurious able to dissolve another substancemarked by, feeling, or ex