Hit Parade 2

Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

• to lessen in intensity or degrees

- allay

Question 2

Accolade

Answer 2

An expression of praise

Question 3

Adulation

Answer 3

Intense adoration

Question 4

Ameliorate

Answer 4

To make better or more tolerable

Question 5

Avarice

Answer 5

Greed (wealth)

Question 6

Axiom

Answer 6

A universally recognized principle

Question 7

Burgeon

Answer 7

To grow rapidly or flourish

Question 8

Cacophony

Answer 8

• harsh, jarring, discordant sound

- dissonance

Question 9

Castigation

Answer 9

Severe criticism or punishment

Question 10

Caustic

Answer 10

• burning or stinging

- causing corrosion

Question 11

Chary

Answer 11

Wary; cautious; sparing (scary)

Question 12

Cogent

Answer 12

Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing

Question 13

Complaisance

Answer 13

The willingness to comply with the wishes of others

Question 14

Contrite

Answer 14

• regretful
• penitent
• seeking forgiveness

Question 15

Culpable

Answer 15

Deserving blame (inculpatory)

Question 16

Dearth

Answer 16

• smallness of quantity or number

- scarcity

Question 17

Discretion

Answer 17

• cautious reserve in speech

- ability to make responsible decisions

Question 18

Disinterested

Answer 18

• free of bias or self-interest

- impartial

Question 19

Dogmatic

Answer 19

Expressing a rigid opinion on unproved or improvable principles

Question 20

Ebullience

Answer 20

The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

Question 21

Eclectic

Answer 21

Composed of elements drawn from various sources

Question 22

Emollient

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• soothing, mollifying
• making less harsh
• an agent that softens or smoothes the skin

Question 23

Empirical

Answer 23

Based on observation or experiment

Question 24

Enigmatic

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• mysterious, obscure, cryptic

- difficult to understand

Question 25

Ephemeral

Answer 25

Brief, fleeting

Question 26

Esoteric

Answer 26

Intended for or understood by a small, specific group

Question 27

Eulogy

Answer 27

Speech honoring the dead

Question 28

Attenuate

Answer 28

To weaken or reduce in force/intensity

Question 29

Fallacy

Answer 29

An invalid or incorrect notion

Question 30

Furtive

Answer 30

- marked by stealth - covert - surreptitious

Question 31

Gregarious

Answer 31

- sociable | - enjoying the company of other people

Question 32

Heretical

Answer 32

Violating accepted dogma or convention

Question 33

Impecunious

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Lacking funds

Question 34

Incipient

Answer 34

- Beginning to come into being | - becoming apparent

Question 35

Inveigle

Answer 35

To obtain by deception or flattery

Question 36

Morose

Answer 36

- sad - sullen - melancholy

Question 37

Odious

Answer 37

Evoking intense aversion

Question 38

Penurious

Answer 38

- penny-pinching | - ungenerous

Question 39

Peruse

Answer 39

To examine with great care

Question 40

Pious

Answer 40

Extremely reverent or devout

Question 41

Precursor

Answer 41

One that precedes and indicates or announces another

Question 42

Preen

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- to dress up | - to groom oneself with elaborate care

Question 43

Prodigious

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Abundant in size, force, or extent

Question 44

Prolific

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- producing large volumes or amounts | - productive

Question 45

Putrefy

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To decay and give off a foul odor

Question 46

Quaff

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To drink deeply

Question 47

Quiescence

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Motionless

Question 48

Redoubtable

Answer 48

Awe-inspiring

Question 49

Sanction

Answer 49

- a penalty intended to enforce compliance | - to give permission or authority

Question 50

Satire

Answer 50

A literary work that criticizes a human vice through humor or derision

Question 51

Squalid

Answer 51

- sordid | - wretched and dirty as from neglect

Question 52

Stoic

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Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain

Question 53

Ubiquitous

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- Existing everywhere at the same time | - widespread

Question 54

Urbane

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- sophisticated | - refined

Question 55

Vilify

Answer 55

To defame

Question 56

Caprice

Answer 56

- a sudden, unpredictable change | - a tendency to change one's mind without adequate motive

Question 57

Idiosyncrasy

Answer 57

a characteristic, habit, mannerism, etc. that is peculiar to an individual.

Question 58

Calumny

Answer 58

Slander, defamation