Hit Parade Group 1 - Day 3

Question 1

Neologism (Noun)

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Noxious (Adj)

Answer 2

harmful, injurious

Question 3

Obtuse (Adj)

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Obviate (Verb)

Answer 4

to anticipate and make unnecessary

Question 5

Onerous (Adj)

Answer 5

troubling; burdensome

Question 6

Paean (Noun)

Answer 6

a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

Question 7

Parody (Noun)

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Perennial (Adj)

Answer 8

recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

Question 9

Perfidy (Noun)

Answer 9

intentional breach of faith; treachery (Adj; perfidious)

Question 10

Perfunctory (Adj)

Answer 10

cursory; done without care or interest

Question 11

Perspicacious (Adj)

Answer 11

acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (Noun: perspicacity)

Question 12

Prattle (Verb)

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Precipitate (Adj)

Answer 13

acting with excessive haste or impulse

Question 14

Precipitate (Verb)

Answer 14

to cause or happen before anticipated or required

Question 15

Predilection (N)

Answer 15

a disposition in favor of something; preference

Question 16

Prescience (Noun)

Answer 16

foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (Adj; prescient)

Question 17

Prevaricate (Verb)

Answer 17

to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

Question 18

Qualms (Noun)

Answer 18

misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy

Question 19

Recant (Verb)

Answer 19

to retract, esp. a previously held belief

Question 20

Refute (Verb)

Answer 20

to disprove; to successfully argue against