Hit Parade 1

Question 1

Abscond

Answer 1

(v.) to depart clandestinely.

After throwing up due to a game of King’s Cup, Vickie’s embarrassment caused her to abscond from the party.

Question 2

Aberrant

Answer 2

(adj.) deviating from the norm.
Most molecules are more dense in their solid state than their liquid state, so it is aberrant that ice is less dense than water.

Question 3

Alacrity

Answer 3

(n.) eager and enthusiastic willingness.

Kevin has always been a thrill seeker, so his alacrity towards skydiving didn’t surprise anyone.

Question 4

Anomaly

Answer 4

(n.) abnormality, something which deviates from the norm.
An anomaly was found in David’s test results, so he was retested to ensure nothing differed significantly from what was expected.

Question 5

Approbation

Answer 5

(n.) an expression of approval or praise.

Leonardo DiCaprio received critical approbation for his Oscar-worthy role in Titanic.

Question 6

Assuage

Answer 6

(v.) to ease or appease.

The Somali warlord assuaged the volatile situation between his clan and rival clans by offering a peace treaty.

Question 7

Austere

Answer 7

(adj.) bare; extremely simple
All of the nearby stores ran out of Christmas ornaments, so Kelly has no choice but to celebrate the holidays with an austere Christmas tree.

Question 8

Axiomatic

Answer 8

(adj.) taken as truth; possessing self-evident truth.

The writer did not need to support his claims with evidence because his claims were already axiomatic.

Question 9

Canonical

Answer 9

(adj.) following or in agreement with traditional, accepted standards.
Pranay is very canonical with his way of studying, refusing to invest time in new mthods of studying but instead sticking to ways that have worked for him in the past.

Question 10

Capricious

Answer 10

(adj.) fickle.

Teenager’s nowadays have mindsets so capricious that they can never just stick to one task until its completion.

Question 11

Censure

Answer 11

(v.) to criticize severely; to officially rebuke.

Zidane was censured by all of France for his idiotic penalty against the opposing team.

Question 12

Chicanery

Answer 12

(n.) trickery or deceit.

Mr. Balwant was not above using chicanery to win votes.

Question 13

Disabuse

Answer 13

(v.) to undeceive; to set right.

Michael apologized to Rachel to disabuse the relationship between them.

Question 14

Discordant

Answer 14

(adj.) conflicting; harsh in sound.

His guitar was not tuned prior to his performance and sounded discordant compared to the rest of the band.

Question 15

Disparate

Answer 15

(adj.) fundamentally distinct or dissimilar.

Two identical twins can have indistinguishable physical features yet still have disparate personalities.

Question 16

Effrontery

Answer 16

(n.) extreme boldness; presumptuousness.
Ben’s girlfriend had the effrontery of denying that she cheated on him, even with the evidence plastered throughout Facebook.

Question 17

Enervate

Answer 17

(v.) to weaken, to take the energy out of.

I was so enervated by leg day that I could barely walk up the staircase.

Question 18

Ennui

Answer 18

(n.) dissatisfaction and restlessness from boredom

Following the same routine every day for an entire month caused unbearable ennui.

Question 19

Equivocate

Answer 19

(v.) to use ambiguous language with a deceitful intent.

To avoid keeping his promise, he equivocated whenever asked direct question concerning it.

Question 20

Erudite

Answer 20

(adj.) scholarly.

The sage studied religious teachings for the past 50 years to become erudite in the field.

Question 21

Exculpate

Answer 21

(v.) exonerate.

His lawyer was able to exculpate him after new evidence proved his innocence.

Question 22

Exigent

Answer 22

(adj.) urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention.
The doctor could only operate on one of the two critically wounded patients brought into the emergency room, so he needed to make an exigent decision on who had the higher chance to live.

Question 23

Extemporaneous

Answer 23

(adj.) Improvised
Although she convinced the audience that she prepared well in advance, Sally’s play was actually an extemporaneous rendition of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”

Question 24

Fulminate

Answer 24

(v.) to loudly attack or denounce

The population openly fulminated Congress for passing a law which they feel like violates their privacy.

Question 25

Ingenuous

Answer 25

(adj.) artless; lacking sophistication.

Though some though his work was avant-garde and sophisticated, others denounced it as being rather ingenuous.

Question 26

Inured

Answer 26

(adj.) accustomed to accepting something undesirable.

Harsh pledging inured me to the mental demands of excelling in school.

Question 27

Irascible

Answer 27

(adj.) easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts.
Although the bipolar child typically had an impression of being calm and content, he was actually quite irascible which could result in him being feared by children.

Question 28

Lucid

Answer 28

(adj.) clear; easily understand

It took no effort to understand the lucid textbook assigned to us.

Question 29

Magnanimity

Answer 29

(n.) quality of being generously noble and forgiving.
Bill Gates’ magnanimity towards the less fortunate is evident by the fact that he has already donated over 30 billion dollars to various charities around the globe.

Question 30

Nascent

Answer 30

(adj.) come into being; in early developmental stages.

Though TeacherGraph has a large amount of potential, it is a still only a nascent company that is only a year old.

Question 31

Nebulous

Answer 31

(adj.) vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form.
The argument would’ve been more effective if it was clearer, but instead, it was a nebulous amalgamation of disparate thoughts.

Question 32

Neologism

Answer 32

(n.) new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses.
Since the previous code word used by agents under duress was made by the enemy, a neologism was created to supersede the obsolete word.

Question 33

Obviate

Answer 33

(v.) to anticipate and prevent or make unnecessary.

Boarding your windows can obviate the risk of windows breaking during a storm.

Question 34

Onerous

Answer 34

(adj.) troubling; burdensome.
Exams administered the day before the closing of grades caused an onerous job for the graders to submit their corresponding grades before their due date.

Question 35

Paean

Answer 35

(n.) a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving.

The church’s choir sang a paean in appreciation of the church’s fervent members.

Question 36

Perennial

Answer 36

(adj.) recurrent through the year; happening repeatedly.

The perennial flowers bloomed multiple times each year.

Question 37

Perfidy

Answer 37

(n.) intentional breach of faith; treachery.

His girlfriend’s perfidy by cheating on him resulted in him ending the relationship between both of them.

Question 38

Perfunctory

Answer 38

(adj.) hasty; done without care or interest.

The chef’s perfunctory cake was made very quickly but showed none of the passion and care he was once known for.

Question 39

Perspicacious

Answer 39

(adj.) acutely perceptive; having keen discernment.
He was perspicacious in regards to differentiating between people who cared for him and people who associated with him merely for his affluence.

Question 40

Prattle

Answer 40

(v.) to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner.
Often while people are rolling they prattle without end, not realizing that whatever they are saying typically doesn’t make any sense.

Question 41

Precipitate (adj.)

Answer 41

(adj.) acting with excessive haste or impulse.

Her precipitate nature caused her to quickly buy any items she saw on sale, often leaving her broke.

Question 42

Precipitate (v.)

Answer 42

(v.) to cause or happen before anticipated or required.

The tornado precipitated pavilion’s destruction long before its warranty of 20 years had ended.

Question 43

Predilection

Answer 43

(n.) a disposition in favor of something; a preference.

Since the boy had a predilection for physical sports, he opted to play football instead of golf throughout high school.

Question 44

Prescience

Answer 44

(n.) foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring.
Since Marty traveled twenty years back in time, he had a prescience that allowed him to allot a huge return on all of his investments.

Question 45

Prevaricate

Answer 45

(v.) to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead.

When questioned by cigarette smokers, government officials prevaricated about the upcoming increase in cigarette taxes.

Question 46

Recant

Answer 46

(v.) to retract, esp. a previously held belief.
After discovering that Richard was unfairly given additional time on the SAT, Dartmouth recanted his admission to the school.

Question 47

Relegate

Answer 47

(v.) to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position.

By placing at the bottom two of the division, El Betis was relegated out of La Liga.

Question 48

Reticent

Answer 48

(adj.) quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings.
The boy has always been reticent about his previous arrest, knowledge of which is something he prefers to keep to himself.

Question 49

Solicitous

Answer 49

(adj.) concerned and attentive; eager.

His family has considered increasing the pay of his babysitter since she has always been solicitous of his welfare.

Question 50

Sordid

Answer 50

(adj.) characterized by filth, or grime; foul.

A sordid stench emanated from the CS student who hadn’t taken a shower for days.

Question 51

Squander

Answer 51

(v.) to waste by spending or using irresponsibly.

Much to his dismay, he squandered $3500 in one night by gambling in Vegas.

Question 52

Stymie

Answer 52

(v.) to block; to thwart.

The newly implemented firewall stymied every hacking attempt made in the past month.

Question 53

Tortuous

Answer 53

(adj.) winding, twisting; excessively complicated.

Before the student was able to answer the tortuous problem, he had to first dissect it into smaller, more simple parts.

Question 54

Truculent

Answer 54

(adj.) fierce and cruel; eager to fight.

The bully was truculent with anyone he perceived as an easy target.

Question 55

Veracity

Answer 55

(n.) truthfulness, honesty.

Her frequent lack of veracity in the courtroom made her a common target for perjury charges.

Question 56

Virulent

Answer 56

(adj.) extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic.
The virulent disease was responsible for widespread deaths across the country.