Direct Hits Volume 2

Question 1

Complicity

Answer 1

association or participation in a wrongful act

Question 2

lurid

Answer 2

sensational; shocking

Question 3

demography

Answer 3

the study of the characteristics of human populations

Question 4

contrition

Answer 4

sincere and deep regret

Question 5

Surfeit

Answer 5

a surplus

Question 6

tepid

Answer 6

lukewarm; mild

Question 7

disingenuous

Answer 7

not candid; insicure

Question 8

underwrite

Answer 8

to assume financial responsibility for a project

Question 9

licentious

Answer 9

immortal; debauched

Question 10

effusive

Answer 10

unrestrained praise

Question 11

propitiate

Answer 11

to appease; concilate

Question 12

dilapidated

Answer 12

broken-down; in deplorable condition

Question 13

cerebral

Answer 13

intellectual rather than emotional

Question 14

credulous

Answer 14

easily convinced; gullible

Question 15

furor

Answer 15

a general commotion; an uproar

Question 16

Impoverished

Answer 16

very poor

Question 17

provisional

Answer 17

temporary

Question 18

convivial

Answer 18

fond of feasting, drinking and good company

Question 19

provincial

Answer 19

isolated from the mainstream

Question 20

perspicacious

Answer 20

very insightful

Question 21

interloper

Answer 21

an intruder; a gatecrasher

Question 22

nonplussed

Answer 22

completely puzzled

Question 23

parachial

Answer 23

isolated from the mainstream

Question 24

stopgap

Answer 24

a temporary solution

Question 25

insular

Answer 25

isolated from the mainstream

Question 26

petulant

Answer 26

peevish; irritable

Question 27

apocryphal

Answer 27

of questionable authenticity

Question 28

prescient

Answer 28

very insightful

Question 29

remorse

Answer 29

sincere and deep regret

Question 30

venal

Answer 30

corrupt; open to bribery

Question 31

excoriate

Answer 31

to express strong disapproval

Question 32

perfidious

Answer 32

treacherous; traitorous

Question 33

vertiginous

Answer 33

dizziness

Question 34

Élan

Answer 34

great enthusiasm

Question 35

verbose

Answer 35

very talkative

Question 36

eschew

Answer 36

to avoid

Question 37

execrable

Answer 37

detestable and repulsive

Question 38

stock

Answer 38

a stereotypical or formulaic character

Question 39

malleable

Answer 39

can be molded into any shape

Question 40

supine

Answer 40

lying on one’s back

Question 41

profligate

Answer 41

very wasteful, especially of time and money

Question 42

beleaguer

Answer 42

to be beset with problems

Question 43

sullen

Answer 43

ill-tempered;rude

Question 44

Capitulate

Answer 44

to surrender; comply without protest

Question 45

cupidity

Answer 45

excessive greed

Question 46

pugnacious

Answer 46

defiantly aggressive; eager to fight

Question 47

Indigent

Answer 47

very poor

Question 48

restitution

Answer 48

compensating for a loss

Question 49

censorious

Answer 49

highly critical

Question 50

Affluent

Answer 50

very wealthy

Question 51

spate

Answer 51

a large number or amount

Question 52

intractable

Answer 52

very stubborn; unyielding

Question 53

pliable

Answer 53

can be molded into any shape

Question 54

truculent

Answer 54

defiantly aggressive; eager to fight

Question 55

cosmopolitan

Answer 55

worldly; sophisticated

Question 56

pedestrian

Answer 56

undistinguished; ordinary; conventional

Question 57

garrulous

Answer 57

very talkative

Question 58

plasticity

Answer 58

can be molded into any shape

Question 59

obfuscate

Answer 59

to deliberately confuse

Question 60

dissolute

Answer 60

immoral; debauched

Question 61

quiescent

Answer 61

inactive; very quiet

Question 62

portent

Answer 62

an omen that something will happen

Question 63

loquacious

Answer 63

very talkative

Question 64

fecund

Answer 64

intellectually productive or inventive

Question 65

relief

Answer 65

elevation of a land surface

Question 66

flotsam

Answer 66

floating wreckage; debris

Question 67

fawn

Answer 67

to behave in a servile manner; subservient

Question 68

temper

Answer 68

to soften;moderate

Question 69

slight

Answer 69

a disrespectful or disparaging remark; a put down

Question 70

Malfeasance

Answer 70

misconduct or wrngdoing by a public official

Question 71

discerning

Answer 71

very insightful

Question 72

Plethora

Answer 72

a surplus

Question 73

aplomb

Answer 73

admirable poise under pressure

Question 74

odious

Answer 74

detestable and repulsive

Question 75

opacity

Answer 75

impenetrably dense; hard to understand

Question 76

discomfited

Answer 76

to make uneasy; state of embarrassment

Question 77

compunction

Answer 77

sincere and deep regret

Question 78

imperious

Answer 78

domineering and arrogant

Question 79

brusque

Answer 79

abrupt; discourteously blunt

Question 80

presage

Answer 80

an omen that something will happen

Question 81

complaisant

Answer 81

agreeable; amiable

Question 82

Glut

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a surplus

Question 83

Destitute

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very poor

Question 84

ungainly

Answer 84

awkward; clumsy

Question 85

Opulent

Answer 85

very wealthy

Question 85

Exculpate

Answer 85

to free from blame or guilt

Question 85

harbinger

Answer 85

an omen that something will happen

Question 85

extemporize

Answer 85

to speak without notes

Question 85

vituperative

Answer 85

bitter criticism

Question 85

lambaste

Answer 85

to express strong disproval

Question 85

visceral

Answer 85

instinctive rather than rational

Question 85

flummox

Answer 85

to confuse; perplex

Question 85

ostentatious

Answer 85

showy

Question 85

curt

Answer 85

abrupt; discourteously blunt