Hit Parade Group 2

Question 1

abate

Answer 1

to lessen in intensity or degree

Question 2

adulation

Answer 2

excessive praise; intense adoration

Question 3

aesthetic

Answer 3

dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful

Question 4

ascetic

Answer 4

one who practices rigid self-denial

Question 5

avarice

Answer 5

greed, esp. for wealth

Question 6

axiom

Answer 6

a universally recognized principle

Question 7

burgeon

Answer 7

to grow rapidly or flourish

Question 8

bucolic

Answer 8

rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

Question 9

chary

Answer 9

wary; cautious; sparing

Question 10

dearth

Answer 10

smallness of quantity or number; scarcity

Question 11

demur

Answer 11

to question or oppose

Question 12

dogmatic

Answer 12

expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles

Question 13

ebullience

Answer 13

the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

Question 14

elegy

Answer 14

mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead

Question 15

emollient

Answer 15

soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh

Question 16

ephemeral

Answer 16

brief; fleeting

Question 17

eulogy

Answer 17

speech honoring the dead

Question 18

furtive

Answer 18

marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious

Question 19

gregarious

Answer 19

sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of others

Question 20

impecunious

Answer 20

lacking funds; without money

Question 21

incipient

Answer 21

beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Question 22

inert

Answer 22

unmoving; lethargic

Question 23

inveigle

Answer 23

to obtain by deception or flattery

Question 24

penurious

Answer 24

penny-pinching; excessively thrifty

Question 25

pernicious

Answer 25

extremely harmful in a way that is not easily seen or noticed

Question 26

preen

Answer 26

to dress up; to primp

Question 27

prodigious

Answer 27

abundant in size, force, or extent

Question 28

putrefy

Answer 28

to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor

Question 29

quaff

Answer 29

to drink deeply

Question 30

quiescence

Answer 30

stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest

Question 31

redoubtable

Answer 31

awe-inspring; worthy of honor

Question 32

squalid

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sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect

Question 33

supplant

Answer 33

to take the place of; to supersede

Question 34

torpid

Answer 34

lethargic; sluggish; dormant

Question 35

urbane

Answer 35

sophisticated; refined; elegant