Hit Parade Group 3 - Day 9

Question 1

Acumen (Noun)

Answer 1

keen, accurate judgment or insight

Question 2

Adulterate (Verb)

Answer 2

to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

Question 3

Amalgamate (Verb)

Answer 3

to combine several elements into a whole (Noun: amalgamation)

Question 4

Archaic (Adj)

Answer 4

outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time

Question 5

Aver (Verb)

Answer 5

to state as a fact; to declare or assert

Question 6

Bolster (Verb)

Answer 6

to provide support or reinforcement

Question 7

Bombastic (Adj)

Answer 7

pompous; grandiloquent (Noun: bombast)

Question 8

Diatribe (Noun)

Answer 8

a harsh denunciation

Question 9

Dissemble (Verb)

Answer 9

to disguise or conceal; to mislead

Question 10

Eccentric (Adj)

Answer 10

departing from norms or conventions

Question 11

Endemic (Adj)

Answer 11

characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people

Question 12

Evanescent (Adj)

Answer 12

tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

Question 13

Exacerbate (Verb)

Answer 13

to make worse or more severe

Question 14

Fervent (Adj)

Answer 14

greatly emotional or zealous (Noun: fervor)

Question 15

Fortuitous (Adj)

Answer 15

happening by accident or chance

Question 16

Germane (Adj)

Answer 16

relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

Question 17

Grandiloquence (Noun)

Answer 17

pompous speech or expression (Adj: grandiloquent)

Question 18

Hackneyed (Adj)

Answer 18

rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

Question 19

Halcyon (Adj)

Answer 19

calm and peaceful

Question 20

Hedonism (Noun)

Answer 20

devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses (a hedonist is someone who pursues pleasure)