Hit Parade: Group 3

Question 1

aberrant

Answer 1

Deviating from the norm
“Miley is very aberrant, she is not like everyone wants her to be”

“It is aberrant that she does not want to be line everyone else”

Question 2

Ambiguous

Answer 2

Unclear; open to more than one potential meaning

Question 3

Anachronistic

Answer 3

Belonging to another time, removed from natural chronological context
“The way she dressed was anachronistic, even though it was 2000 she was dressing like it was 1970”

Question 4

anomalous

Answer 4

Abnormal; Deviating from the common, normal type.

“Many people thought that when Britney Spears shaved her head it was anomalous, not normal.”

Question 5

Anomaly

Answer 5

Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule. Abnormality.

Question 6

Archaic

Answer 6

Outdated; associated with an earlier, more primitive time.

Question 7

ascetic

Answer 7

One who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion
“That guy in the Da Vinci Code who whipped himself was ascetic”

Question 8

Banal

Answer 8

Lacking originality; commonplace

“To me, most people going to their 9-5 jobs and drinking on the weekend are banal, and basic”

Question 9

Brilliance

Answer 9

Extreme brightness; possessing luminosity or genius.

Question 10

Camouflage

Answer 10

A means of disguising people or things to blend them in with their surroundings.

Question 11

Commensurate

Answer 11

Matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree, size or amount.
“Salary is commensurate with experience”
“Salary matches your experience”

Question 12

Conspicuous

Answer 12

Easily visible; obvious

Question 13

Derivative

Answer 13

Unoriginal; Obtained from another source

“Getting a 9-5 job is a very derivative thought, unoriginal”

Question 14

Deviance

Answer 14

State or quality of differing from the accepted norm; abnormality.

Question 15

Deviation

Answer 15

Departure or wandering away from the accepted standard.

Question 16

Discrete

Answer 16

Distinct; individual
“Shaving your head as a woman is a very discrete, and distinct decision”
Discrete math

Question 17

Diffuse

Answer 17

Dispersed or scattered; not centralized

Question 18

Digress

Answer 18

To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent.

Question 19

Discordant

Answer 19

Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

Question 20

Disinterest

Answer 20

Lack of bias or involvement; impartiality

Question 21

Disinterested

Answer 21

Uninvolved; free from self-interest

Question 22

Dispersed

Answer 22

Spread out or scattered

Question 23

Distention

Answer 23

The state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape
“My stomach can experience distention or bloating out of shape”
Tension in your distal area.. bloated

Question 24

eccentric

Answer 24

Departing from norms or conventions.

“Essentially unique”

Question 25

eclectic

Answer 25

Culled from many sources
“That outfit is eclectic - it comes from many different sources/ ideas on fashion.”
“A collection from many sources”

Question 26

Emulate

Answer 26

To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing

“I hope to imitate Elon Musk and one day surpass him.”

Question 27

Enigmatic

Answer 27

Mysterious; obscure, difficult to understand

“Enigma in the new batman.. puzzles, mystery and difficult to understand”

Question 28

esoteric

Answer 28

Intended or understood by a small specific group.
“String theory is esoteric, although I wish more people understood it”
- Most people who understand esoteric scientific topics have a small ego because the more you know the less you realize you know

Question 29

Flamboyant

Answer 29

Ostentatious or showy; flashy

Question 30

Florid

Answer 30

Flowery; ruddy; ornate

Question 31

Heretical

Answer 31

Unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma

Question 32

Hierarchy

Answer 32

A system in which individuals or things are ranked in a specific order.

Question 33

Homogeneous

Answer 33

Made up of elements that are similar in nature or kind; uniform.

Question 34

Iconoclastic

Answer 34

Attacking cherished beliefs; hierarchal; heterodox

Question 35

Idiosyncrasy

Answer 35

A quirk to a particular group or individual

Question 36

Imperturbable

Answer 36

Marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness

Question 37

Innocuous

Answer 37

Harmless; causing no damage

Question 38

marginal

Answer 38

Relating to or at the edge or boundary; minimal

Question 39

Maverick

Answer 39

An independent individual that does not go along with a group or party

Question 40

Mitigate

Answer 40

To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate

Question 41

Monotonous

Answer 41

Dull and without variety; tedious

Question 42

Mundane

Answer 42

Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary

Question 43

Ostracism

Answer 43

The act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment

Question 44

Perennial

Answer 44

Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

Question 45

Recluse

Answer 45

One who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion

Question 46

Scarce

Answer 46

Rare and insufficient

Question 47

Sporadic

Answer 47

Occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

Question 48

superfluous

Answer 48

Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

“Being really super and going beyond what is sufficient”

Question 49

Symmetry

Answer 49

The quality of being evenly balanced; the possession of perfect correspondence between sides or parts

Question 50

Tangential

Answer 50

Touching only briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant

“To be tangible for a short period of time, also irrelevant”

Question 51

Temper

Answer 51

To moderate or soothe

Question 52

temperate

Answer 52

Moderate; marked by restraint and a lack of extremes