HIT PARADE: Group 1

Question 1

abscond

Answer 1

verb
to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

Question 2

adversity

Answer 2

noun
hardship or difficulty; opposition

Question 3

aggravate

Answer 3

verb
to worsen or intensify

Question 4

arduous

Answer 4

adjective
strenuous; taxing; requiring significant effort

Question 5

belie

Answer 5

verb
to give a false impression of; to misrepresent

Question 6

bombast

Answer 6

noun
self-important or pompous writing or speech

Question 7

cacophony

Answer 7

noun
harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance

Question 8

castigation

Answer 8

noun
severe criticism or punishment

Question 9

censure

Answer 9

verb
to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

Question 10

chicanery

Answer 10

noun
trickery or subterfuge

Question 11

coercive

Answer 11

adjective
serving or intended to compel by force or authority

Question 12

condemn

Answer 12

verb
to blame or denounce

Question 13

conspire

Answer 13

verb
to secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act

Question 14

covert

Answer 14

adjective
hidden; clandestine

Question 15

cower

Answer 15

verb
to shrink in fear; to cringe

Question 16

craven

Answer 16

adjective
contemptibly fainthearted; lacking any courage

Question 17

denigrate

Answer 17

verb
to blacken; to belittle; to sully; to defame; to disparage

Question 18

denounce

Answer 18

verb
to publicly condemn or criticize

Question 19

derision

Answer 19

noun
scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment

Question 20

diatribe

Answer 20

noun
a harsh denunciation

Question 21

discomfit

Answer 21

verb
to defeat; to put down

Question 22

disingenuous

Answer 22

adjective
insincere; lacking in honesty or frankness

Question 23

dissemble

Answer 23

verb
to disguise or conceal; to mislead

Question 24

exacerbate

Answer 24

verb
to make worse or more severe; to increase in violence

Question 25

fraud

Answer 25

noun deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage

Question 26

furtive

Answer 26

adjective marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

Question 27

garrulous

Answer 27

adjective pointlessly talkative; talking too much

Question 28

harangue

Answer 28

verb to deliver a pompous speech or tirade

Question 29

impudent

Answer 29

adjective saucy; impertinent; bold and disrespectful

Question 30

inopportune

Answer 30

adjective ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate

Question 31

irascible

Answer 31

adjective easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

Question 32

malevolent

Answer 32

adjective having or showing often vicious ill-will, spite, or hatred

Question 33

martial

Answer 33

adjective associated with war and the armed forces

Question 34

misanthrope

Answer 34

noun one who hates all other humans

Question 35

morose

Answer 35

adjective sad; sullen; melancholy

Question 36

obdurate

Answer 36

adjective unyielding; hardhearted; intractable

Question 37

obsequious

Answer 37

adjective exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

Question 38

obstinate

Answer 38

adjective stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising

Question 39

onerous

Answer 39

adjective troubling; burdensome

Question 40

opprobrium

Answer 40

noun disgrace; contempt; scorn

Question 41

pedantic

Answer 41

adjective the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules