Hit Parade #2

Question 1

Ascetic

Answer 1

One who practices rigid abnegation (usually b/c of religious devotion)

Question 2

Bucolic / beyo kalic

Answer 2

Rustic and pastrol, pertaining to rural areas and their inhabitants

Question 3

Cacophony / ka kOPH anee

Cacophonous

Answer 3

Harsh, jarring discordant sounds; dissonance

Question 4

Castigate

Castigation

Answer 4

Severe criticism or punishment

Question 5

Chary / tcherry

Answer 5

(of) Cautious, wary

Dad was chary of investing in the stock market, but mom was not looking for his approval.

Question 6

Complaisance

Complaisant

Answer 6

Willingness to please and comply to others

Question 7

Culpable

Culpability

Answer 7

Deserving blame

Question 8

Demur

Answer 8

To question, raise doubts, object, oppose

They wanted to make him the treasurer but he demurred

Question 9

Didactic

Answer 9

Intended to teach or instruct

Question 10

Disinterest

Answer 10

Free of bias, neutral, impartial

Question 11

Discrete

Discreteness

Answer 11

Distinct, apart or detached from others

Question 12

Discreet

Discretion

Answer 12

Judicious in one’s conduct or speech; especially to maintain privacy

Question 13

Inebriate / in EE breiate

Inebriated

Answer 13

To make drunk
Very Drunk

Kate was inebriated whens he made out with Spenser.

Question 14

Rustic

Answer 14

Having simplicity and charm that is considered rural/country-ish

Question 15

Ebullience / eb uliance

Ebullient

Answer 15

Very enthusiastic, exuberant

Question 16

Emollient

Answer 16

(mollify) - something that softens the skin

Question 17

Empirical

Answer 17

Based on observation or experiment

Empirical data

Question 18

Facetious

Answer 18

Playful and humorous

Question 19

Gregarious

Answer 19

Affable, sociable, outgoing

Question 20

Harangue / har ang

Answer 20

N - Invective, diatribe, tirade OR long, pompous speech

V - to deliver …

Question 21

Heretical
Heretic
Heresy

Answer 21

Violating accepted dogma

Iconoclast

Question 22

Inert

Answer 22

Lacking the ability (or strength) to move

Inactive, sluggish

Question 23

Inveigle / en vague le

Answer 23

To cajole, bamboozle in order to acquire or obtain something

Question 24

Morose

Answer 24

Sad, melancholy, gloomy

Question 25

Odious

Answer 25

Evoking intense aversion; execrable

Question 26

Oscillate | Oscillation

Answer 26

Swinging back and forth, vacillate, waver

Question 27

Penurious / pen oo ree us

Answer 27

Stingy, ungenerous Parsimonious, niggard, miserly (eye)

Question 28

Peruse / per uz

Answer 28

To read thoroughly

Question 29

Preen

Answer 29

To dress oneself carefully, to primp The king preened himself in his elaborate ceremonial robes

Question 30

Putrefy / p yoo tify | Putrid / p yoo trid

Answer 30

To rot, decay w/ a sordid odor

Question 31

Quaff

Answer 31

To drink (especially alcohol) heavily

Question 32

Quiescent / qwey a scent | Quiescence

Answer 32

Motionless

Question 33

Redoubtable

Answer 33

Awe-inspiring, formidable, to be feared, worthy of honor and respect

Question 34

Squalid | Squalor

Answer 34

Foul and repulsive due to neglect; filthy The house Fay looked at was squalid; mold was growing everywhere.

Question 35

Supplant

Answer 35

Supersede, to take the place (of another) as though my force, strategy, etc Replace

Question 36

Supersede

Answer 36

To supplant

Question 37

Torpid | Torpor

Answer 37

Mentally or physically inactive; lethargic, sluggish

Question 38

Vilify

Answer 38

Revile, to slander

Question 39

Urbane

Answer 39

Suave, sophisticated, refined in mannerisms

Question 40

Viscosity | Viscous

Answer 40

Thickness of a liquid

Question 41

Stoic | Stoicism

Answer 41

Free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief and submit without complaint phlegmatic, stolid, acquiescent

Question 42

Parsimonious

Answer 42

Niggard, miserly, penurious STINGY.