Hit Parade 1

Question 1

Abscond

Answer 1

To steal and hide off

Question 2

Aberrant

Answer 2

Deviating from the norm

Question 3

Alacrity

Answer 3

Eager and enthusiastic willingness

Question 4

Approbation

Answer 4

expression of praise

Question 5

Arduous

Answer 5

• taxing

- requiring significant effort

Question 6

Audacious

Answer 6

• daring and fearless

- recklessly bold

Question 7

Austere

Answer 7

• bare
• severely simple
• ascetic

Question 8

Axiomatic

Answer 8

taken as given (self-evident truth)

Question 9

Canonical

Answer 9

Following accepted, traditional standards

Question 10

Chicanery

Answer 10

Trickery or subterfuge

Question 11

Connoisseur

Answer 11

An informed and astute expert in matters of taste

Question 12

Convoluted

Answer 12

Complex or complicated

Question 13

Disabuse

Answer 13

To set right

Question 14

Discordant

Answer 14

• conflicting

- dissonant or harsh in sound

Question 15

Disparate

Answer 15

Distinct or dissimilar

Question 16

Enervate

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To weaken

Question 17

Exculpatory

Answer 17

exonerate (clear of blame)

Question 18

Exigent

Answer 18

• urgent or pressing

- requires immediate attention

Question 19

Extemporaneous

Answer 19

• improvised

- done without preparation

Question 20

Filibuster

Answer 20

Intentional obstruction: using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

Question 21

Ingenuous

Answer 21

• honest and truthful (candid)

- lacking in sophistication

Question 22

Irascible

Answer 22

• easily angered

- prone to outbursts

Question 23

Laud

Answer 23

(Verb) to praise highly

Question 24

Lucid

Answer 24

• clear

- easily understood

Question 25

Magnanimity

Answer 25

To quality of being generously noble in mind and heart - esp forgiving

Question 26

Mundane

Answer 26

Typical or concerned with the ordinary

Question 27

Noxious

Answer 27

Harmful, injurious

Question 28

Obviate

Answer 28

To anticipate and make unnecessary

Question 29

Onerous

Answer 29

Troubling, burdensome

Question 30

Paean

Answer 30

A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

Question 31

Parody

Answer 31

A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect

Question 32

Perfidy

Answer 32

- intentional breach of faith | - treachery

Question 33

Perfunctory

Answer 33

- cursory | - done without care or interest

Question 34

Perspicacious

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- acute perception | - discernment

Question 35

Prattle

Answer 35

To babble meaninglessly

Question 36

Precipitate (adj.)

Answer 36

Acting with excessive haste or impulse

Question 37

Precipitate (verb)

Answer 37

To cause before anticipated/required

Question 38

Prescience

Answer 38

Knowing of events prior to their occurring

Question 39

Qualms

Answer 39

- misgivings - reservations - hesitations

Question 40

Recant

Answer 40

To retract a previously held belief

Question 41

Refute

Answer 41

- to disprove | - to successfully argue against

Question 42

Relegate

Answer 42

To forcibly assign - esp. to a lower place/position

Question 43

Reticent

Answer 43

- quiet and reserved | - reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

Question 44

Solicitous

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- concerned and attentive | - eager

Question 45

Sporadic

Answer 45

Occurring only occasionally or in scattered instances

Question 46

Squander

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To waste by spending or using irresponsibly

Question 47

Static

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- not moving, active or in motion | - at rest

Question 48

Stupefy

Answer 48

To stun, baffle or amaze

Question 49

Stymie

Answer 49

To block or thwart

Question 50

Synthesis

Answer 50

The combination of parts to make a whole

Question 51

Tortuous

Answer 51

- winding, twisting | - excessively complicated

Question 52

Truculent

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- fierce and cruel | - eager to fight

Question 53

Veracity

Answer 53

Truthfulness; honesty

Question 54

Virulent

Answer 54

- extremely harmful or poisonous | - bitterly hostile or antagonistic

Question 55

Voracious

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- Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit | - Ravenous

Question 56

Aphorism

Answer 56

A pithy observation that contains a general truth