Hit Parade 1

Question 1

Abscond (v.)

Answer 1

To steal and hide

Question 2

Aberrant (adj.)

Answer 2

Deviating from the norm

Question 3

Alacrity (n.)

Answer 3

Eager and enthusiastic willingness

Question 4

Approbation (n.)

Answer 4

Expression of approval

Question 5

Assuage (v.)

Answer 5

To appease or pacify

Question 6

Audacious (adj.)

Answer 6

Daring and fearless

Question 7

Austere (adj.)

Answer 7

Without adornment; bare

Question 8

Axiomatic (adj.)

Answer 8

Taken as a given

Question 9

Canonical (adj.)

Answer 9

Following traditional standards

Question 10

Capricious (adj.)

Answer 10

Change one’s mind impulsively; erratic

Question 11

Censure (v.)

Answer 11

To criticise severely

Question 12

Chicanery (n.)

Answer 12

Trickery

Question 13

Connoisseur (n.)

Answer 13

An informed and astute judge; expert

Question 14

Disabuse (n.)

Answer 14

To undeceive

Question 15

Discordant (adj.)

Answer 15

Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

Question 16

Disparate (adj.)

Answer 16

Fundamentally distinct

Question 17

Effrontery (n.)

Answer 17

Extreme boldness; presumptousness

Question 18

Eloquent (adj.)

Answer 18

Well spoken

Question 19

Enervate (v.)

Answer 19

To weaken

Question 20

Anomaly (n.)

Answer 20

Deviation from normal order

Question 21

Arduous (adj.)

Answer 21

Taxing; require significant effort

Question 22

Ennui (n.)

Answer 22

Dissatisfaction from boredom or apathy

Question 23

Equivocate (n.)

Answer 23

To use ambiguous language for deception

Question 24

Erudite (adj.)

Answer 24

Scholarly

Question 25

Exculpate (v.)

Answer 25

Exonerate; clear from blame

Question 26

Exigent (adj.)

Answer 26

Urgent

Question 27

Extemporaneous (adj.)

Answer 27

Improvised; without preparation

Question 28

Filibuster (n.)

Answer 28

Intentional obstruction (to delay legislative action)

Question 29

Fulminate (v.)

Answer 29

To loudly attack or denounce

Question 30

Ingenuous (adj.)

Answer 30

Artless; frank and candid; lack in sophistication

Question 31

Inured (adj.)

Answer 31

Accustomed to something undesirable

Question 32

Irascible (adj.)

Answer 32

Easily angered

Question 33

Laud (v.)

Answer 33

To praise highly

Question 34

Magnanimity (n.)

Answer 34

Generously noble in mind and heart

Question 35

Martial (adj.)

Answer 35

Associated with war and armed forces

Question 36

Mundane (adj.)

Answer 36

Concerned with ordinary

Question 37

Nascent (adj.)

Answer 37

Coming into being; early in development

Question 38

Nebulous (adj.)

Answer 38

Vague

Question 39

Neologism (n.)

Answer 39

A new word, expression or usage

Question 40

Noxious (adj.)

Answer 40

Harmful

Question 41

Obtuse (adj.)

Answer 41

Lacking sharpness in intellect

Question 42

Obviate (v.)

Answer 42

To anticipate and make unnecessary

Question 43

Onerous (adj.)

Answer 43

Troubling

Question 44

Paean (n.)

Answer 44

A song of praise

Question 45

Parody (n.)

Answer 45

A humorous imitation

Question 46

Perfunctory (adj.)

Answer 46

Done without care or interest

Question 47

Perspicacious (adj.)

Answer 47

Acutely perceptive

Question 48

Prattle (v.)

Answer 48

To babble meaninglessly

Question 49

Precipitate (Adj.)

Answer 49

Acting with haste or impulse

Question 50

Precipitate (v.)

Answer 50

To cause before anticipated or required

Question 51

Predilection (n.)

Answer 51

Preference

Question 52

Prescience (n.)

Answer 52

Foreknowledge of events

Question 53

Prevaricate (v.)

Answer 53

To avoid truth; mislead

Question 54

Qualms (n.)

Answer 54

Reservations; misgivings

Question 55

Recant (v.)

Answer 55

To retract

Question 56

Refute (v.)

Answer 56

To disprove; argue against

Question 57

Relegate (v.)

Answer 57

Forcibly assign to lower place

Question 58

Solicitous (adj.)

Answer 58

Concerned and attentive; eager

Question 59

Sordid (adj.)

Answer 59

Characterised by filth; foul

Question 60

Sporadic (adj.)

Answer 60

Occurring occationally

Question 61

Squander (v.)

Answer 61

To waste by using irresponsibly

Question 62

Static (adj.)

Answer 62

Not moving

Question 63

Stupefy (v.)

Answer 63

Baffle; to stun

Question 64

Stymie (v.)

Answer 64

To block; thwart

Question 65

Synthesis (n.)

Answer 65

Combination of parts to make whole

Question 66

Torque (n.)

Answer 66

Force that causes rotation

Question 67

Tortuous (adj.)

Answer 67

Excessively complicated; twisting

Question 68

Truculent (adj.)

Answer 68

Fierce and cruel

Question 69

Veracity (n.)

Answer 69

Truthfulness; honesty

Question 70

Virulent (adj.)

Answer 70

Extremely haemful

Question 71

Voracious (adj.)

Answer 71

Ravenous; Insatiable appetite for an activity

Question 72

Waver (v.)

Answer 72

To move to and fro; unsettled in opinion

Question 73

Convoluted (adj.)

Answer 73

Complex; complicated

Question 74

Lucid (adj.)

Answer 74

Clear; Easily understood

Question 75

Perennial (adj.)

Answer 75

Recurrent trough the years; happening repeatedly

Question 76

Reticent (adj.)

Answer 76

Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express feelings

Question 77

Perfidy (n.)

Answer 77

Intentional breach of faith; treachery