Beyond the Hit Parade Group 1

Question 1

alloy

Answer 1

(v) to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior (unalloyed means pure)

Question 2

appropriate

Answer 2

(v) to take for one’s own use, to confiscate

Question 3

arrest (v) / arresting (adj)

Answer 3

to suspend; to engage; holding one’s attention (arrested adolescence, an arresting portrait)

Question 4

august

Answer 4

(adj) majestic, venerable

Question 5

bent

Answer 5

(n) leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

Question 6

broach

Answer 6

(v) to bring up; to announce; to begin to talk about

Question 7

brook

Answer 7

(v) to tolerate, to endure

Question 8

cardinal

Answer 8

(adj) major (as in cardinal sin)

Question 9

chauvinist

Answer 9

(n) a blindly devoted patriot

Question 10

color (v)

Answer 10

to change as if by dyeing, i.e., to distort, gloss or affect (usually the first)

Question 11

consequential (adj)

Answer 11

pompous, self-important (primary definitions are: logically following, important)

Question 12

damp (v)

Answer 12

to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound

Question 13

die (n)

Answer 13

a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop

Question 14

essay (v)

Answer 14

to test or try; to attempt; to experiment

Question 15

exact (v)

Answer 15

to demand; to call for; to require; to take

Question 16

fell (v)

Answer 16

to cause to fall by striking

Question 17

fell (adj)

Answer 17

inhumanely cruel

Question 18

flag (v)

Answer 18

to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline

Question 19

flip (adj)

Answer 19

sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant: a flip remark

Question 20

ford (v)

Answer 20

to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream