Hit Parade 1

Question 1

Abscond

Answer 1

steal off and hide, depart secretly

Question 2

Aberrant

Answer 2

deviating from the norm

Question 3

Alacrity

Answer 3

eager/enthusiastic willingness

Question 4

Anomaly

Answer 4

deviation from normal order, form or rule

Question 5

Apporbation

Answer 5

expression of approval or praise

Question 6

Arduous

Answer 6

strenuous, taxing

Question 7

Assuage

Answer 7

ease or lessen, pacify

Question 8

Audacious

Answer 8

daring and fearless, recklessly bold

Question 9

Austere

Answer 9

without adornment, severely simple

Question 10

Axiomatic

Answer 10

taken as a given, possessing self-evident truth

Question 11

Canonical

Answer 11

following/in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

Question 12

Capricious

Answer 12

incline to change one’s mind impulsively

Question 13

Censure

Answer 13

criticize severely

Question 14

Chicanery

Answer 14

trickery or subterfuge

Question 15

Connoisseur

Answer 15

informed/astute judge in matters of taste

Question 16

Convoluted

Answer 16

complex or complicated

Question 17

Disabuse

Answer 17

to undeceive, set right

Question 18

Discordant

Answer 18

conflicting, dissonant or harsh in sound

Question 19

Disparate

Answer 19

fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

Question 20

Effrontery

Answer 20

extreme boldness, presumptuous

Question 21

Eloquent

Answer 21

well-spoken, expressive

Question 22

Enervate

Answer 22

weaken, lessen in vitality

Question 23

Ennui

Answer 23

dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

Question 24

Equivocate

Answer 24

use ambiguous language with intent to deceive

Question 25

Erudite

Answer 25

very learned, scholarly

Question 26

Exculpate

Answer 26

clear of blame

Question 27

Exigent

Answer 27

urgent, pressing, requiring immediate attantion

Question 28

Extemporaneous

Answer 28

done without preparation

Question 29

Filibuster

Answer 29

intentional block of legislation through extended speechmaking

Question 30

Fulminate

Answer 30

loudly attack or denounce

Question 31

Ingenuous

Answer 31

artless, lacking in sophistication

Question 32

Inured

Answer 32

accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Question 33

Irascible

Answer 33

easily angered

Question 34

Laud

Answer 34

praise highly

Question 35

Lucid

Answer 35

clear, easily understood

Question 36

Magnanimity

Answer 36

quality of being generously noble

Question 37

Martial

Answer 37

associated with war and the armed forces

Question 38

Mundane

Answer 38

of the world, concerned with the ordinary

Question 39

Nascent

Answer 39

come into being, in early developmental stages

Question 40

Nebulous

Answer 40

vague, cloudy, lacking a clearly defined form

Question 41

Neologism

Answer 41

new word, expression or usage

Question 42

Noxious

Answer 42

harmful, injurious

Question 43

Obtuse

Answer 43

lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear in thought

Question 44

Obviate

Answer 44

anticipate and make unnecessary

Question 45

Onerous

Answer 45

troubling, burdensome

Question 46

Paean

Answer 46

song or hymn of praise/thanksgiving

Question 47

Parody

Answer 47

humorous imitation for ridicule

Question 48

Perennial

Answer 48

recurrent through the year or many years

Question 49

Perfidy

Answer 49

intentional breach of faith, treachery

Question 50

Perfunctory

Answer 50

cursory, done without care or interest

Question 51

Perspicacious

Answer 51

having keen discernment

Question 52

Prattle

Answer 52

babble meaninglessly, idlely

Question 53

Precipitate (adj.)

Answer 53

acting with excessive haste or impulse

Question 54

Precipitate (verb)

Answer 54

cause or happen before anticipated or required

Question 55

Predilection

Answer 55

disposition in favor of something

Question 56

Prescience

Answer 56

foreknowledge of events before their occurring

Question 57

Prevaricate

Answer 57

deliberately avoid the truth

Question 58

Qualms

Answer 58

reservations, cause for hesitancy

Question 59

Recant

Answer 59

retract (a previously held belief)

Question 60

Refute

Answer 60

disprove, successfully argue against

Question 61

Relegate

Answer 61

forcibly assign to a lower position

Question 62

Reticent

Answer 62

quiet, reserved

Question 63

Solicitous

Answer 63

concerned and attentive

Question 64

Sordid

Answer 64

filthy

Question 65

Sporadic

Answer 65

occurring only occasionally

Question 66

Squander

Answer 66

waste by spending or using irresponsibly

Question 67

Static

Answer 67

not moving, at rest

Question 68

Stupefy

Answer 68

stun, baffle, amaze

Question 69

Stymie

Answer 69

block, thwart

Question 70

Synthesis

Answer 70

combination of parts to make a whole

Question 71

Torque

Answer 71

force that causes rotation

Question 72

Tortuous

Answer 72

excessively complicated, twisting

Question 73

Truculent

Answer 73

eager to fight, fierce

Question 74

Veracity

Answer 74

truthfulness, honesty

Question 75

Virulent

Answer 75

extremely harmful or poisonous

Question 76

Voracious

Answer 76

having an insatiable appetite

Question 77

Waver

Answer 77

sway, be unsettled in opinion