【正文】 speed, alacrity。nouncelerityto slander, make a false accusation。verbcalumniateto aver, allege, assertverbasseveratedeification, glorification to godliness, an exalted example, a model of excellence or perfectionnounapotheosisfarthest or highest point。nounapogee to obscure or overshadow to recant。s position: His detractors say that the President waffles too much。to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration: They tabled the motion and will consider it again later.verbtableexceptional, unusual, odd: He was singularly wellsuited for the job.adjectivesingularto enervate or weaken the vitality of: That race sapped my strength.verbsaptorn, past of rend: He rent his garments。verb / nounrents speeches inspired the pluck of his countrymen during the war.multicolored, usually in blotches: The Pied Piper of Hamlin was so called because of his multicolored coat.adjectivepiedexacting, fastidious, extremely precise: He made a nice distinction between the two cases.adjectivenicefitting, proper: It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame.adjectivemeetto imply, suggest, or insinuate: Are you intimating that I cannot be trusted?verbintimateto wade across the shallow part of a river or streamverbfordto cause to fall by striking: The lumberjacks arrived and felled many trees.verbfella tool used for shaping, as in a toolanddie shopnoundieto change as if by dyeing, ., to distort, gloss or affect (usually the first): Yellow journalism colored the truth.verbcolorbring up, announce, begin to talk aboutverbbroach holding one39。to take for one39。verbappropriate explosive (noun form: volatility)BEYOND THE HIT PARADE GROUP 1 berate irritation (noun form: vex) waverindefensible。adjectiveuntenable keen。 not explicitly statednot obvious。adjectivesubtlethin。adjectivesparse hardworkingto fail to honor a mitment。verbrenege obscure to refine marked by lofty romantic idealsdull。adjectiveprosaica natural predisposition or inclinationnounproclivity cleanoverstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy)。adjectivepresumptuousunemotional showystubborn。adjectiveobstinate a beginner。characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in moodadjectivemercurialsteadfast and courageousadjectiveintrepid injurioushaving no interest or concern。adjectiveindifferent impending superficialpointlessly talkative, talking too muchadjectivegarrulousto discloseverbdivulgeto dry out or dehydrate。verbdesiccatean attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness (adjective form: cynical)nouncynicism adjacent severe。 responsive to suggestion biting ardent。fleeting。adjectivetransient flimsy。 to feed or supply to excess concise false。seeming true, but actually being fallacious。adjectivespeciousthe art or study of effective use of language for munication and persuasionnounrhetoricto invalidate。verbrescindobstinately defiant of authority。adjectiverecalcitrant reservationsto grow or increase swiftly and abundantlyverbproliferate profuse。adjective controversial。polemicalto appease。verbplacate to lose vigor destitutionoverly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education。adjectivepedanticdisgrace。nounopprobrium hardhearted。one who hates all other humans (adjective form: misanthropic)nounmisanthropethe condition of being untruthful。nounmendacityhaving or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred (noun form: malevolence)adjectivemalevolentwithout taste or flavor, lacking, in spirit。adjectiveinsipidin an initial stage。adjectiveinchoaterevealing no emotionadjectiveimpassivedevotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses (a hedonist is someone who pursues pleasure)nounhedonism appropriate in subject matterto make worse or more severeverbexacerbate to misleadto provide support or reinforcementverbbolster associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time sticky (noun form: viscosity)HIT PARADE GROUP 3 elegant (noun form: urbanity) constantly encountered。adjective lethargic。torpid steadfast (noun form。 satirical)authoritative permission or approval。noun/verbsanction motionlessness。to rot。verbputrefyabundant in size, force, or extent。adjectiveprodigiousone that precedes and indicates or announces anothernounprecursor potentially causing deathpennypinching。adjectivepenuriousevoking intense aversion or dislikeadjectiveodiousto obtain by deception or flatteryverbinveigle sluggish without money a long, pompous speechsociable。adjectivegregarious a mistaken belief (adjective form: fallacious)to remove blameverbexoneratebrief。adjectiveephemeralbased on observation or experimentadjectiveempiricalsoothing, esp. to the skin。adjective/nounemollientexpressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles. (noun form: dogma)adjectivedogmaticcautious reserve in speech。noundiscretion scarcity。 penitent。argumentative。adjectivecontentious sparingburning or stinging。adjectivecaustican established set of principles or code of laws, often religous in nature (adje