Hit Parade Group 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

Anomaly

Answer 3

deviation from the normal order, form, or rule

Question 4

Approbation

Answer 4

an expression of approval or praise

Question 5

Arduous

Answer 5

strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

Question 6

Assuage

Answer 6

to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

Question 7

Audacious

Answer 7

daring and fearless; recklessly bold

Question 8

Austere

Answer 8

without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

Question 9

Axiomatic

Answer 9

taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

Question 10

Canonical

Answer 10

following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards

Question 11

Capricious

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Censure

Answer 12

to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

Question 13

Chicanery

Answer 13

trickery; deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal

Question 14

Disabuse

Answer 14

to undeceive; to set right

Question 15

Discordant

Answer 15

conflicting; dissonant or harsh sound

Question 16

Disparate

Answer 16

fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

Question 17

Effrontery

Answer 17

extreme boldness; presumptuousness

Question 18

Enervate

Answer 18

to weaken; to reduce in vitality

Question 19

Ennui

Answer 19

dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

Question 20

Equivocate

Answer 20

to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

Question 21

Erudite

Answer 21

very learned; scholarly

Question 22

Exculpate

Answer 22

exonerate; to clear of blame

Question 23

Exigent

Answer 23

urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

Question 24

Extemporaneous

Answer 24

improvised; done without preparation

Question 25

Filibuster

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Fulminate

Answer 26

to loudly attack or denounce

Question 27

Ingenuous

Answer 27

artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

Question 28

Inured

Answer 28

accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Question 29

Irascible

Answer 29

easily angered; prone to temperamental outburts

Question 30

Laud

Answer 30

to praise highly

Question 31

Lucid

Answer 31

clear; easily understood

Question 32

Magnanimity

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Martial

Answer 33

associated with war and the armed forces

Question 34

Nascent

Answer 34

coming into being; in early developmental stages

Question 35

Nebulous

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vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

Question 36

Neologism

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Noxious

Answer 37

harmful, injurious