Beyond the Hit Parade Group 1

Question 1

alloy

Answer 1

(verb) to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior

Question 2

unalloyed

Answer 2

)adj.) pure

Question 3

appropriate

Answer 3

(verb) to take for one’s own use; to confiscate

Question 4

arrest; arresting

Answer 4

(verb/adj.) to suspend; to engage; holding one’s attention: as in arrested adolescence, an arresting portrait

Question 5

august

Answer 5

(adj.) majestic, venerable

Question 6

bent

Answer 6

(noun) leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

Question 7

broach

Answer 7

(verb) to bring up; to announce; to being to talk about

Question 8

brook

Answer 8

(verb) to tolerate; to endure; to countenance

Question 9

cardinal

Answer 9

(adj.) major, as in cardinal sin

Question 10

chauvinist

Answer 10

(noun) a blindly devoted patriot

Question 11

color

Answer 11

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

Question 12

consequential

Answer 12

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

Question 13

damp

Answer 13

(verb) to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound

Question 14

die

Answer 14

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

Question 15

essay

Answer 15

(verb) to test or try; to attempt; to experiment

Question 16

exact

Answer 16

(verb) to demand; to call for; to require; to take

Question 17

fell (verb)

Answer 17

(verb) to cause to fall by striking

Question 18

fell (adj.)

Answer 18

(adj.) inhumanely cruel

Question 19

flag

Answer 19

(verb) to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline

Question 20

flip

Answer 20

(adj.) sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant: a flip remark

Question 21

ford

Answer 21

(verb) to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

Question 22

grouse

Answer 22

(verb) to complain or grumble

Question 23

guy

Answer 23

(noun) a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy (guide)

Question 24

intimate

Answer 24

(verb) to imply, suggest, or insinuate

Question 25

list

Answer 25

(verb) to tilt or lean to one side

Question 26

lumber

Answer 26

(verb) to move heavily and clumsily

Question 27

meet

Answer 27

(adj.) fitting, proper

Question 28

milk

Answer 28

(verb) to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of

Question 29

mince

Answer 29

(verb) to pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize to speak too carefully; to take tiny steps; to tiptoe

Question 30

nice

Answer 30

(adj.) exacting, fastidious, extremely precise

Question 31

obtain

Answer 31

(adj.) to be established, accepted, or customary

Question 32

occult

Answer 32

(adj.) hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension

Question 33

pedestrian

Answer 33

(adj.) commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian

Question 34

pied

Answer 34

(adj.) multicolored, usually in blotches

Question 35

pine

Answer 35

(verb) to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn

Question 36

plastic

Answer 36

(adj.) moldable, pliable, not rigid

Question 37

pluck

Answer 37

(noun) courage, spunk, fortitude

Question 38

prize

Answer 38

(verb) to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils

Question 39

rail

Answer 39

(verb) to complain about bitterly

Question 40

rent

Answer 40

(verb) torn (past tense of rend): an opening or tear caused by such

Question 41

quail

Answer 41

(verb) to lsoe courage; to turn frightened

Question 42

qualify

Answer 42

(verb) to limit

Question 43

sap (verb)

Answer 43

(verb) to enervate or weaken the vitality of

Question 44

sap (noun)

Answer 44

(noun) a fool or nitwit

Question 45

scurvy

Answer 45

(adj.) contemptible, despicable

Question 46

singular

Answer 46

(adj.) exceptional, unusual, odd

Question 47

stand

Answer 47

(noun) a group of trees

Question 48

steep

Answer 48

(verb) to saturate or completely soak, as in to let a tea bag steep

Question 49

strut

Answer 49

(noun) the supporting structural corss-part of a wing

Question 50

table

Answer 50

(verb) to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration

Question 51

tender

Answer 51

(verb) to proffer or offer

Question 52

waffle

Answer 52

(verb) to equivocate; to change one's position

Question 53

wag

Answer 53

(noun) wit, joker