Hit Parade- group 2

Question 0

adulation

Answer 0

excessive praise; intense adoration

Question 1

accolade

Answer 1

an expression of praise

Question 2

Ascetic

Answer 2

one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion

Question 3

Avarice

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greed, esp. for wealth

Question 4

Bucolic

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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

Question 5

canon

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an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature

Question 6

caustic

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burning or stinging; causing corrosion

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chary

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wary; cautious; sparing

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complaisance

Answer 8

the willingness to comply with the wishes of others

Question 9

contentious

Answer 9

argumentative; quarrelsome

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contrite

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regretful; penitent

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culpable

Answer 11

deserving blame

Question 12

dearth

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smallness of quantity or number

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didactic

Answer 13

intended to teach or instruct

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discretion

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cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions

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disinterested

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free of bias or self-interest; impartial

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ebullience

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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

Question 17

elergy

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mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead

Question 18

emollient

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soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollify

Question 19

empirical

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based on observation or experiment

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facetious

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playful; humorous

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fallacy

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an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief

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furtive

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marked by stealth; convert; surreptitious

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harangue

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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade

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heretical

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violating accepted dogma or convection (noun= heresy)

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incipient

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beginning to come into being or to become apparent

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inert

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unmoving; lethargic; sluggish

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inveigle

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to obtain by deception or flattery

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morose

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sad; sullen; melancholy

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odious

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evoke intense aversion or dislike

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oscillation

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the act of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm

Question 31

penurious

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penny-pinching; excessively thrifty

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pernicious

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extremely harmful

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peruse

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to examine with great care

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precursor

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one that precedes and indicates or announces another

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preen

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to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care

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prodigious

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abundant in size, force or extent

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putrefy

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to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor

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quaff

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to drink deeply

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redoubtable

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awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

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sanction

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to give permission or authority to

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satire

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a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision

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squalid

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sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect

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stoic

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indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast

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ubiquitous

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existing everywhere at the same time

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urbane

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sophisticated; refined; elegant

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vilify

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to defame; to characterize harshly