Hit Parade: Group 2

Question 1

amalgamate

Answer 1

to combine several elements into a whole

Question 2

assuage

Answer 2

to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

Question 3

bolster

Answer 3

to provide support or reinforcement

Question 4

burgeon

Answer 4

to grow rapidly or flourish

Question 5

buttress

Answer 5

a support or prop; often an external prop used to bolster a wall

Question 6

capricious

Answer 6

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

“Lucius changed his mind and didn’t want to support Voldemort anymore”

“It is terrible to think our livelihoods depend on a capricious boss”

Question 7

catalyst

Answer 7

a person or thing that causes change

Question 8

caustic

Answer 8

burning or stinging; causing corrosion

“A caustic cleaner”

Question 9

centrifuge

Answer 9

a machine that spins very swiftly with a central axis, and, using centrifugal force, separates disparate substances

Question 10

converge

Answer 10

to tend toward the same spot or outcome; to incline to join at an intersecting point

Question 11

conversion

Answer 11

the act or process of transforming to another form, state or product

Question 12

corrosion

Answer 12

act or process of causing deterioration; wearing away, especially of metals

Question 13

decibel

Answer 13

unit used in measuring the intensity of sound, usually in relation to another sound

Question 14

desiccate

Answer 14

to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull

“think of desert or dessert but with desiccate”

Question 15

distill

Answer 15

to purify or concentrate through a process of vaporization and concentration

Question 16

divest

Answer 16

to remove or strip, especially clothing

“don’t invest in strip poker”

Question 17

enervate

Answer 17

to weaken; to reduce in vitality
“nervous vitals”

“The heat and a full day of travel enervated us all”

Question 18

ephemeral

Answer 18

brief; fleeting

Question 19

eradicate

Answer 19

to remove completely; to annihilate; to pull out by the roots

Question 20

expel

Answer 20

to force out; to discharge

Question 21

extend

Answer 21

to lengthen or stretch out

Question 22

facilitate

Answer 22

to aid by making easier

Question 23

implode

Answer 23

to abruptly and violently collapse inward

Question 24

inchoate

Answer 24

in an initial state; not fully formed
“the people in choate were just in high school there were not fully developed people yet”

“A still inchoate democracy”

Question 25

incubation

Answer 25

the act of sitting on or otherwise warming eggs in order to keep them at a temperature favorable for hatching

Question 26

infuse

Answer 26

to imbue; to pour in; to introduce; to instill

Question 27

intransigent

Answer 27

refusing to compromise

Question 28

inundate

Answer 28

to flood or overwhelm

Question 29

invigoration

Answer 29

the quality of being energized or filled with liveliness

Question 30

lackluster

Answer 30

dull; lacking validity or luminosity

Question 31

lethargic

Answer 31

lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy

Question 32

luminous

Answer 32

characterized by brightness and the emission of light

Question 33

obviate

Answer 33

to anticipate and make unnecessary

“it is so obvious that something isn’t even necessary”

Question 34

pervasive

Answer 34

having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout

Question 35

placate

Answer 35

to appease; to calm by making concessions

“please someome”

Question 36

plod

Answer 36

to trudge; to move slowly and heavily

Question 37

plummet

Answer 37

to plunge or drop straight down

Question 38

precipitate

Answer 38

to act with excessive haste or impulse

“all of a sudden it precipitated, started raining in excessive haste or impulse”

Question 39

precursor

Answer 39

one that precedes and indicates or announces another

Question 40

proliferate

Answer 40

to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly

Question 41

propagate

Answer 41

to cause to spread, multiply, or reproduce

Question 42

prune

Answer 42

to cut back or clip branches or other parts of a plant; especially the parts that are dead or unnecessary

Question 43

rarefy

Answer 43

to make or become thin, less dense; to refine

Question 44

rectify

Answer 44

to make right or fix; to correct

Question 45

retard

Answer 45

to slow, delay or hamper

Question 46

saturate

Answer 46

to fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance; to soak

Question 47

sever

Answer 47

to remover or separate by cutting off

Question 48

stimulant

Answer 48

an invigorating substance that excites mental or physical activity

Question 49

synthesis

Answer 49

the combination of parts to make a whole

Question 50

tentative

Answer 50

not definite; uncertain; experimental

Question 51

vigor

Answer 51

active bodily or mental strength or energy; force

Question 52

viscous

Answer 52

thick; sticky

Question 53

vital

Answer 53

essential for or relating to life; necessary

Question 54

vitality

Answer 54

vigor; ability to live or grow; energy

Question 55

volatile

Answer 55

readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive

Question 56

waver

Answer 56

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

Question 57

redactor

Answer 57

to edit