Hit Parade 1

Question 1

Abscond

Answer 1

To Steal (verb)

Question 2

Aberrant

Answer 2

Deviating from the norm (adj)

Question 3

Alacrity

Answer 3

Eager and enthusiastic willingness (noun)

Question 4

Anomaly

Answer 4

Deviating from the normal order (noun)

Question 5

Approbation

Answer 5

Expression of approval or praise (noun)

Question 6

Arduous

Answer 6

Strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort (adj)

Question 7

Assuage

Answer 7

To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify (verb)

Question 8

Austere

Answer 8

Without adornment; bare; severely simple ascetic (adj) (noun = austerity)

Question 9

Axiomatic

Answer 9

Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (adj)

Question 10

Canonical

Answer 10

Following or in agreement with accepted tradition standards (adj)

Question 11

Capricious

Answer 11

Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable (adj)

Question 12

Censure

Answer 12

To criticize severely; officially rebuke (verb)

Question 13

Chicanery

Answer 13

Trickery or subterfuge (noun)

Question 14

Connoisseur

Answer 14

Informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert (noun)

Question 15

Convoluted

Answer 15

Complex or complicated (adj)

Question 16

Disabuse

Answer 16

To undeceive, to set right (verb)

Question 17

Discordant

Answer 17

Conflicting, dissonant or harsh in sound (adj)

Question 18

Disparate

Answer 18

Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar (adj)

Question 19

Effrontery

Answer 19

Extreme boldness; presumptuousness (noun)

Question 20

Eloquent

Answer 20

Well spoken, expressive, articulate (noun)

Question 21

Enervate

Answer 21

Weaken, to reduce in vitality (verb)

Question 22

Ennui

Answer 22

Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy (noun)

Question 23

Equivocate

Answer 23

To use ambiguous language with deceptive intent (verb)

Question 24

Erudite

Answer 24

Scholarly, very learned (adj)

Question 25

Exculpate

Answer 25

Exonerate, to clear of blame (verb)

Question 26

Exigent

Answer 26

Urgent, pressing requiring immediate attention (adj)

Question 27

Extemporaneous

Answer 27

Improvised, done without preparation (adj)

Question 28

Filibuster

Answer 28

Long speech making to delay legislative action (noun)

Question 29

Fulminate

Answer 29

To loudly attack or denounce (verb)

Question 30

Ingenuous

Answer 30

Artless, frank and candid; lacking in sophistication (adj)

Question 31

Inured

Answer 31

Accustomed to accepting something undesirable (adj)

Question 32

Irascible

Answer 32

Easily angered, prone to temperamental outbursts (adj)

Question 33

Laud

Answer 33

To praise highly (verb)

Question 34

Lucid

Answer 34

Clear; easily understood (adj)

Question 35

Magnanimity

Answer 35

The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart; especially forgiving (noun)

Question 36

Martial

Answer 36

Associated with war and armed forces (adj)

Question 37

Nascent

Answer 37

Coming into being, in early developmental stages (adj)

Question 38

Neologism

Answer 38

A new word, expression or usage (noun)

Question 39

Noxious

Answer 39

Harmful, injurious (adj)

Question 40

Obtuse

Answer 40

Lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear or precise through expression (adj)

Question 41

Obviate

Answer 41

To anticipate and make unnecessary (verb)

Question 42

Paean

Answer 42

A song or hymn of praise or thanksgiving (noun)

Question 43

Perennial

Answer 43

Recurrent throughout the year or many years happening repeatedly

Question 44

Perfidy

Answer 44

Intentional breach of faith; treachery (noun) (adj = perfidious)

Question 45

Perfunctory

Answer 45

Cursory; done without care or interest (adj)

Question 46

Perspicacious

Answer 46

Acutely perceptive having keen discernment (adj) (noun = perspicacity)

Question 47

Precipitate

Answer 47

Acting with excessive haste or impulse (verb)

Question 48

Predilection

Answer 48

A disposition in favor of something

Question 49

Prescience

Answer 49

Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (noun) (adj = prescient)

Question 50

Prevaricate

Answer 50

To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead (verb)

Question 51

Relegate

Answer 51

Forcibly assign, especially to to a lower place or position (verb)

Question 52

Reticent

Answer 52

Quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts or feelings (adj)

Question 53

Solicitous

Answer 53

Concerned and attentive; eager (adj)

Question 54

Sordid

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Characterized by filth, grime or squalor; foul (adj)

Question 55

Stymie

Answer 55

To block; to thwart (verb)

Question 56

Tortuous

Answer 56

Winding, twisting, excessively complicated (adj)

Question 57

Truculent

Answer 57

Fierce and cruel; eager to fight (adj)

Question 58

Veracity

Answer 58

Truthfulness, honesty (noun)

Question 59

Voracious

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Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous (adj)