Hotlist A-C

Question 0

Abstemious

Answer 0

Spare in eating and drinking

Question 1

Abhorrence

Answer 1

To hate; resent

Question 2

Abstruse

Answer 2

Difficult to understand

Question 3

Acquiesce

Answer 3

To agree without question

Question 4

Acrimony

Answer 4

Bitterness; spite

Question 5

Aggrandize

Answer 5

To make something seem bigger

Question 6

Aggregate

Answer 6

Collect

Question 7

Aggregation

Answer 7

A collection

Question 8

Altruistic

Answer 8

Generous

Question 9

Ambivalence

Answer 9

Strong positive and negative feelings

Question 10

Anachronistic

Answer 10

Something in a time it does not belong in; a mistake in a timeline

Question 11

Antediluvian

Answer 11

Extremely antiquated

Question 12

Antipodes

Answer 12

Diametrically opposite points on the globe

Question 13

Apocryphal

Answer 13

A made-up “fact”

Question 14

Ascendency

Answer 14

Control; influence

Question 15

Ascetic

Answer 15

One who denies worldly pleasures

Question 16

Asceticism

Answer 16

Limiting pleasures; strict self-restraint

Question 17

Aspersions

Answer 17

Slander; damaging remark

Question 18

Assiduous

Answer 18

Diligent

Question 19

Atrophy

Answer 19

Waste away

Question 20

Austerity

Answer 20

Stern; refraining from worldly pleasures

Question 21

Avocation

Answer 21

Hobby

Question 22

Avuncular

Answer 22

Resembling an uncle (kind, genial, etc.)

Question 23

Banal

Answer 23

Repeated too often; predictable

Question 24

Basal

Answer 24

Of primary importance

Question 25

Belie

Answer 25

Contradict

Question 26

Bereavement

Answer 26

Sadness over death

Question 27

Bifurcation

Answer 27

A place where something divides into two branches

Question 28

Bombastic

Answer 28

Pretentious; pompous

Question 29

Braggart

Answer 29

One who brags

Question 30

Bucolic

Answer 30

Refers to something pastoral; having to do with a rural setting

Question 31

Bureaucracy

Answer 31

Administration characterized by excessive routine and petty officials

Question 32

Bureaucratization

Answer 32

To divide into bureaus

Question 33

Buttress

Answer 33

To support

Question 34

Cacophonous

Answer 34

Discordant; clashing sounds

Question 35

Candor

Answer 35

Honesty

Question 36

Cantankerous

Answer 36

Stubborn; irritable; In a bad mood

Question 37

Capricious

Answer 37

Fickle; ever-changing

Question 38

Carping

Answer 38

To find fault needlessly

Question 39

Catharsis

Answer 39

The emotional release following an epiphany

Question 40

Censorious

Answer 40

Criticizing

Question 41

Charlatan

Answer 41

Witch-doctor; fraud

Question 42

Chicanery

Answer 42

Trickery; deceit

Question 43

Circumlocution

Answer 43

An indirect expression (euphemism is a circumlocution)

Question 44

Clairvoyant

Answer 44

Foresee the future a psychic

Question 45

Coalesce

Answer 45

Unite; combine

Question 46

Colloquial

Answer 46

Relation to conversation

Question 47

Conciliatory

Answer 47

Willing to make compromises

Question 48

Condone

Answer 48

To approve of

Question 49

Conflagration

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A large fire

Question 50

Consummate

Answer 50

The greatest in a certain skill

Question 51

Contingency

Answer 51

Alternate plan

Question 52

Convivial

Answer 52

Jovial nature; relating to merry making

Question 53

Convoluted

Answer 53

Confusing; twisted

Question 54

Curtail

Answer 54

Reduce; limit

Question 55

Debilitate

Answer 55

Weaken