Princeton Hit Parade 3

Question 1

acumen

Answer 1

keen, accurate judgement or insight

Question 2

to adulterate

Answer 2

to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

Question 3

to amalgamate

Answer 3

to combine several elements into a whole

Question 4

archaic

Answer 4

outdated;

associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time

Question 5

to aver

Answer 5

to state as a fact;

to declare or assert

Question 6

to bolster

Answer 6

to provide support or reinforcement

Question 7

bombastic

Answer 7

pompous;

grandiloquent (extravagant)

Question 8

diatribe

Answer 8

a harsh denunciation

Question 9

to dissemble

Answer 9

to disguise or conceal;

to mislead

Question 10

eccentric

Answer 10

departing from norms or conventions

Question 11

endemic

Answer 11

characteristic or often found in a particular locality, region, or people;
“Malaria is endemic in Africa”

Question 12

evanescent

Answer 12

tending to disappear like vapor;

vanishing

Question 13

to exacerbate

Answer 13

to make worse or more severe

Question 14

fervent

Answer 14

greatly emotional or zealous (ardent, fanatical, passionate)

Question 15

fortuitous

Answer 15

happening by accident or chance

Question 16

germane

Answer 16

relevant to the subject at hand;