Hit Parade 1.2

Question 1

Nebulous

Answer 1

vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

Question 2

Neologism

Answer 2

a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

Question 3

Noxious

Answer 3

harmful, injurious

Question 4

Obtuse

Answer 4

lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

Question 5

Obviate

Answer 5

to anticipate and make unnecessary

Question 6

Onerous

Answer 6

troubling; burdensome

Question 7

Paean

Answer 7

a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

Question 8

Parody

Answer 8

a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art

Question 9

Perennial

Answer 9

recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

Question 10

Perfidy

Answer 10

intentional breach of faith; treachery

Question 11

Perfunctory

Answer 11

cursory; done without care or interest

Question 12

Perspicacious

Answer 12

acutely perceptive; having keen discernment

Question 13

Prattle

Answer 13

to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner

Question 14

Precipitate

Answer 14

acting with excessive haste or impulse

Question 15

Precipitate

Answer 15

to cause or happen before anticipated or required

Question 16

Predilection

Answer 16

a disposition in favor of something; preference

Question 17

Prescience

Answer 17

foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring

Question 18

Prevaricate

Answer 18

to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

Question 19

Qualms

Answer 19

misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy

Question 20

Recant

Answer 20

to retract, esp. a previously held belief

Question 21

Refute

Answer 21

to disprove; to successfully argue against

Question 22

Relegate

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Reticent

Answer 23

quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

Question 24

Solicitous

Answer 24

concerned and attentive; eager

Question 25

Sordid

Answer 25

characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

Question 26

Sporadic

Answer 26

occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

Question 27

Squander

Answer 27

to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

Question 28

Static

Answer 28

not moving, active, or in motion; at rest

Question 29

Stupefy

Answer 29

to stun, baffle, or amaze

Question 30

Stymie

Answer 30

to block; to thwart

Question 31

Synthesis

Answer 31

the combination of parts to make a whole

Question 32

Torque

Answer 32

a force that causes rotation

Question 33

Tortuous

Answer 33

winding, twisting; excessively complicated

Question 34

Truculent

Answer 34

fierce and cruel; eager to fight

Question 35

Veracity

Answer 35

truthfulness, honesty

Question 36

Virulent

Answer 36

extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

Question 37

Voracious

Answer 37

having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous

Question 38

Waver

Answer 38

to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

Question 39

Nascent

Answer 39

coming into being; in early developmental stages