Hit Parade Group 1

Question 1

v. abscond

Answer 1

1) to depart from a place you’re not allowed to leave
2) to leave secretly a place and steal sth.

Oh, if you abscond with someone else’s minion, you’d better watch out.

Question 2

a. aberrant

Answer 2

not usual or not socially acceptable (noun: aberration)

When the astronomer looked into the telescope, he was shocked by the sight of a star moving in an aberrant path.

Question 3

n. alacrity

Answer 3

eager or Enthusiasmus

They accepted es the offer with great alacrity.

Question 4

n. anomaly

Answer 4

deviation from the normal order, form, or rule

Question 5

n. approbation

Answer 5

an expression of approval or praise

For this speech, he deserves our approbation.

Question 6

a. arduous

Answer 6

involving a lot of effort over a period of time
difficult; hard to endure

Becoming a principal dancer is arduous even for someone as talented as she is.

Question 7

v. assuage

Answer 7

to make an unpleasant feeling less severe

His reply did little to assuage my suspicions.

Question 8

a. audacious

Answer 8

fearless, willing to take a risk

In this time no one made the audacious decision to buy gold.

Question 9

a. austere

Answer 9

simple and plain, ascetic (of a person–> strict & serious)

Her austere Bedroom with its simple narrow bed was very congenial.

Question 10

a. axiomatic

Answer 10

taken as a given

It is axiomatic that life is not always easy.

Question 11

a. canonical

Answer 11

following; accepted
traditional standards

The canonical winter icons, stellar snow crystals are thin plates of ice with six main arms, or branches.

Question 12

a. capricious

Answer 12

inclined to change one’s mind impulsively

unpredictable

Question 13

v. censure

Answer 13

to criticize severely
to officially rebuke

But do not risk the censure of your supervisor by refusing to extend co-authorship.

Question 14

n. chicanery

Answer 14

trickery
subterfuge
the use of complicated plans and clever talk in order to deceive people

Question 15

n. connoisseur

Answer 15

expert on matters involving art, beauty, food,…

Question 16

a. convoluted

Answer 16

complex, complicated

The book I was reading has a very convoluted plot.

Question 17

v. disabuse

Answer 17

to undeceive,
to set right
to tell sb that what they think is true, is in fact not true.

No one in my family could disabuse me of that belief.

Question 18

a. discordant

Answer 18

conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound; not in agreement

But these two discordant personalities did make their peace.

Question 19

a. disparate

Answer 19

fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

made up of parts that are very different from each other

Question 20

n. effrontery

Answer 20

extreme boldness
rude and confident behavior
without a feeling of shame

The sheer effrontery of the thing took my breath away.

Question 21

a. eloquent

Answer 21

well-spoken, expressive

Question 22

v. enervate

Answer 22

to weaken
to reduce in vitality

The virus enervated her body after it attacked her immune system.

Question 23

n. ennui

Answer 23

dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

Sometimes a change of scene isn’t enough to ease urban ennui.

Question 24

v. equivocate

Answer 24

to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

You may equivocate, you may lie in your business, but you don’t lie to the press.

Question 25

a. erudite

Answer 25

very learned; scholarly

The papers were as usual, but one struck me as being exceptionally erudite.

Question 26

v. exculpate

Answer 26

exonerate
to clear of blame
to free someone from guilt

Question 27

v. exonerate

Answer 27

to officially state that sb is not responsible for sth that they have been blamed for
German: jdn. freisprechen/ entlasten

Question 28

a. exigent

Answer 28

urgent, pressing

requiring immediate action or attention

Question 29

a. extremporaneous

Answer 29

improvised

done without preparation

Question 30

n. filibuster

Answer 30

intentional obstruction

a long speech made in a parliament in order to delay a vote

Question 31

v. fulminate

Answer 31

to loudly attack or denounce

to criticize sb

Question 32

a. ingenuous

Answer 32

artless
frank and candid
lacking in sophistication

Question 33

a. inured

Answer 33

accustomed to accepting something undesirable

german: gegen etwas abgehärtet sein

Question 34

a. irascible

Answer 34

easily angered

prone to temperamental outbursts

Question 35

v. laud

Answer 35

to praise highly

Question 36

a. lucid

Answer 36

clear

easily understood

Question 37

n. magnanimity

Answer 37

the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart esp. in forgiving

Question 38

a. martial

Answer 38

associated with war and armed forces

Question 39

a. mundane

Answer 39

of the world

typical of or concerned with the ordinary

Question 40

v. imbibe

Answer 40

to consume (liquids) by drinking; (especially alcohol)
to take or receive into the mind, as knowledge, ideas, or the like

He imbibed great quantities of iced tea.

Question 41

a. lugubrious

Answer 41

mournful, sad and serious
exaggerated, or unrelieved manner:

Lugubrious songs of lost love.

Question 42

n. lucubration

Answer 42

laborious work, intense study

Question 43

n. magnanimity

a. to be magnanimous

Answer 43

the act of being generous in forgiving an insult or injury

Question 44

a. ubiquitous

Answer 44

seeming to be everywhere or in several places at the same time; very common

Question 45

n. volubility

Answer 45

talkativeness