Hit Parade Group 2 - Day 7

Question 1

Gregarious (Adj)

Answer 1

sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people

Question 2

Harangue (Verb/Noun)

Answer 2

to deliver a scolding or long verbal attack/diatribe; a long, pompous speech

Question 3

Heretical (Adj)

Answer 3

violating accepted dogma or convention (Noun: heresy)

Question 4

Hyperbole (Noun)

Answer 4

an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech (Adj: hyperbolic)

Question 5

Impecunious (Adj)

Answer 5

lacking funds; without money

Question 6

Incipient (Adj)

Answer 6

beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Question 7

Inert (Adj)

Answer 7

unmoving; lethargic; sluggish

Question 8

Innocuous (Adj)

Answer 8

harmless; causing no damage

Question 9

Intransigent (Adj)

Answer 9

refusing to compromise (Noun: intransigence)

Question 10

Inveigle (Verb)

Answer 10

to obtain by deception or flattery

Question 11

Morose (Adj)

Answer 11

sad; sullen; melancholy

Question 12

Odious (Adj)

Answer 12

evoking intense aversion or dislike

Question 13

Opaque (Adj)

Answer 13

impenetrable by light; not reflecting light

Question 14

Oscillation (Noun)

Answer 14

the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm (Verb: oscillate)

Question 15

Penurious (Adj)

Answer 15

penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous

Question 16

Pernicious (Adj)

Answer 16

extremely harmful; potentially causing death

Question 17

Peruse (Verb)

Answer 17

to examine with great care (Noun: perusal)

Question 18

Pious (Adj)

Answer 18

extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion (Noun: piety)

Question 19

Precursor (Noun)

Answer 19

one that precedes and indicates or announces another

Question 20

Preen (Verb)

Answer 20

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