Princeton Review Hit Parade

Question 1

effusive

Answer 1

showing excessive emotion; overflowing

Question 2

euphemism

Answer 2

a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term

Question 3

acumen

Answer 3

quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgement or insight

Question 4

disseminate

Answer 4

to scatter widely, as in sowing seed

Question 5

perspicacious

Answer 5

shrewd; clear-sighted

Question 6

precocious

Answer 6

exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity

Question 7

prospectus

Answer 7

formal proposal

Question 8

disaffected

Answer 8

having lost faith or loyalty; discontent

Question 9

staid

Answer 9

unemotional; serious

Question 10

assimilate

Answer 10

to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar

Question 11

cosmopolitan

Answer 11

worldly; widely sophisticated

Question 12

gaffe

Answer 12

a clumsy social error; a faux pass

Question 13

potentate

Answer 13

one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch

Question 14

castigate

Answer 14

to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize

Question 15

censure

Answer 15

to issue official blame

Question 16

vituperative

Answer 16

marked by harshly abusive condemnation

Question 17

conciliatory

Answer 17

appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile

Question 18

litigious

Answer 18

prone to engage in lawsuits

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rectitude

Answer 19

moral uprightness; righteousness

Question 20

remiss

Answer 20

lax in attending to duty; negligent

Question 21

sanctimonious

Answer 21

feigning piety or righteousness

Question 22

cajole

Answer 22

to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery

Question 23

squelch

Answer 23

to crush as if by trampling; squash

Question 24

abase

Answer 24

to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem

Question 25

effrontery

Answer 25

brazen boldness; presumptuous

Question 26

impugn

Answer 26

to attack as false or questionable

Question 27

pejorative

Answer 27

disparaging; belittling; insulting

Question 28

ebullience

Answer 28

intense enthusiasm

Question 29

exuberant

Answer 29

full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy

Question 30

supercilious

Answer 30

haughtily disdainful or contemptuous; arrogant

Question 31

multifarious

Answer 31

diverse; various

Question 32

multiplicity

Answer 32

state of being various or manifold; a great number

Question 33

cathartic

Answer 33

relaxing after an emotional outburst

Question 34

curative

Answer 34

able to heal or cure

Question 35

palliative

Answer 35

relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure

Question 36

fallacy

Answer 36

a false notion

Question 37

mendacious

Answer 37

lying; untruthful

Question 38

specious

Answer 38

having the ring of truth of plausibility but actually false

Question 39

whimsical

Answer 39

characterized by whim; unpredicatable

Question 40

flag

Answer 40

to decline in vigor or strength; to tire; to droop

Question 41

modicum

Answer 41

a small, moderate, or token amount

Question 42

extraneous

Answer 42

irrelevant; inessential

Question 43

juxtapose

Answer 43

to place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast

Question 44

novel

Answer 44

fresh; original; new

Question 45

tangential

Answer 45

merely touching or slightly connected; only superficially relevant

Question 46

aural

Answer 46

of or related to the ear or the sense of hearing

Question 47

strident

Answer 47

loud, harsh, grating, or shrill

Question 48

temporal

Answer 48

of, relating to, or limited by time

Question 49

portent

Answer 49

indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; omen

Question 50

transient

Answer 50

passing quickly in time or space

Question 51

distend

Answer 51

to swell out or expand from internal pressure, as when overly full

Question 52

profundity

Answer 52

great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning

Question 53

demure

Answer 53

modest and reserved

Question 54

quiescent

Answer 54

quiet, still, or at rest; inactive

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fastidious

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carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please

Question 56

alacrity

Answer 56

promptness in response; cheerful readiness; eagerness

Question 57

flippant

Answer 57

disrespectfully humorous or casual

Question 58

insolent

Answer 58

insulting in manner or speech

Question 59

arboreal

Answer 59

relating to or resembling a tree or trees

Question 60

invocation

Answer 60

a call (usually upon a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration

Question 61

stratify

Answer 61

to layer or separate into layers

Question 62

variegated

Answer 62

having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color or colors; varicolored