Hit Parade 1

Question 1

Abscond

Answer 1

to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

Question 2

Alacrity

Answer 2

eager and enthusiastic willingness

Question 3

Arduous

Answer 3

strenuous; taxing; requiring significant effort

Question 4

Audacious

Answer 4

daring and fearless; recklessly bold

Question 5

Austere

Answer 5

without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

Question 6

Capricious

Answer 6

inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

Question 7

Chicanery

Answer 7

trickery or subterfuge

Question 8

Effrontery

Answer 8

extreme boldness; presumptuousness

Question 9

Eloquent

Answer 9

well-spoken; expressive, articulate

Question 10

Ennui

Answer 10

dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

Question 11

Erudite

Answer 11

very learned; scholarly

Question 12

Extemporaneous

Answer 12

improvised; done without preparation

Question 13

Filibuster

Answer 13

intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

Question 14

Fulminate

Answer 14

to loudly attack or denounce

Question 15

Ingenuous

Answer 15

artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

Question 16

Inured

Answer 16

accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Question 17

Irascible

Answer 17

easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

Question 18

Nascent

Answer 18

coming into being; in early developmental stages

Question 19

Nebulous

Answer 19

vague; cloudly; lacking clearly defined form

Question 20

Perdify

Answer 20

intentional breach of faith; treachery

Question 21

Perfunctory

Answer 21

cursory; done without care or interest

Question 22

Perspicacious

Answer 22

acutely perceptive; having keep discernment

Question 23

Precipitate

Answer 23

acting with excessive haste or impulse; to cause or happen before anticipated or required

Question 24

Relegate

Answer 24

to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position

Question 25

Solicitous

Answer 25

concerned and attentive; eager

Question 26

Sordid

Answer 26

characterized by filth, grim or squalor

Question 27

Stupefy

Answer 27

to stun, baffle, or amaze

Question 28

Stymie

Answer 28

to block; to thwart

Question 29

Synthesis

Answer 29

the combination of parts to make a whole

Question 30

Torque

Answer 30

a force that causes rotation

Question 31

Virulent

Answer 31

extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

Question 32

Accolade

Answer 32

an expression of praise

Question 33

Adulation

Answer 33

excessive praise; intense adoration

Question 34

Demur

Answer 34

to question or oppose

Question 35

Discretion

Answer 35

cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions