Hit Parade Group 1

Question 0

What does aberrant mean?

Answer 0

Deviating form the norm.

Question 1

What does abscond mean?

Answer 1

To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide.

Question 2

What does alacrity mean?

Answer 2

Eager and enthusiastic willingness.

Question 3

What does anomaly mean?

Answer 3

Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality.

Question 4

What does approbation mean?

Answer 4

An expression of approval or praise.

Question 5

What does arduous mean?

Answer 5

Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort.

Question 6

What does assuage mean?

Answer 6

To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify.

Question 7

What does audacious mean?

Answer 7

Daring and fearless; recklessly bold.

Question 8

What does austere mean?

Answer 8

Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic.

Question 9

What does axiomatic mean?

Answer 9

Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth.

Question 10

What does canonical mean?

Answer 10

Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards.

Question 11

What does capricious mean?

Answer 11

Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable.

Question 12

What does censure mean?

Answer 12

To criticize severely; to officially rebuke.

Question 13

What does chicanery mean?

Answer 13

Trickery or subterfuge.

Question 14

What does connoisseur mean?

Answer 14

An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert.

Question 15

What does convoluted mean?

Answer 15

Complex or complicated.

Question 16

What does disabuse mean?

Answer 16

To undeceive; to set right.

Question 17

What does discordant mean?

Answer 17

Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound.

Question 18

What does disparate mean?

Answer 18

Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar.

Question 19

What does effrontery mean?

Answer 19

Extreme boldness; presumptuousness.

Question 20

What does eloquent mean?

Answer 20

Well-spoken, expressive, articulate.

Question 21

What does enervate mean?

Answer 21

To weaken; to reduce in vitality.

Question 22

What does ennui mean?

Answer 22

Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy.

Question 23

What does equivocate mean?

Answer 23

To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent.

Question 24

What does erudite mean?

Answer 24

Very learned; scholarly.

Question 25

What does exculpate mean?

Answer 25

Exonerate; to clear of blame.

Question 26

What does exigent mean?

Answer 26

Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention.

Question 27

What does extemporaneous mean?

Answer 27

Improvised; done without preparation.

Question 28

What does filibuster mean?

Answer 28

Intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action.

Question 29

What does fulminate mean?

Answer 29

To loudly attack or denounce.

Question 30

What does ingenuous mean?

Answer 30

Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication.

Question 31

What does inured mean?

Answer 31

Accustomed to accepting something undesirable.

Question 32

What does irascible mean?

Answer 32

Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts.

Question 33

What does laud mean?

Answer 33

To praise highly.

Question 34

What does lucid mean?

Answer 34

Clear; easily understood.

Question 35

What does magnanimity mean?

Answer 35

The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving.

Question 36

What does martial mean?

Answer 36

Associated with war and the armed forces.

Question 37

What does mundane mean?

Answer 37

Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary.

Question 38

What does nascent mean?

Answer 38

Coming into being; in early developmental stages.

Question 39

What does nebulous mean?

Answer 39

Vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form.

Question 40

What does neologism mean?

Answer 40

A new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses.

Question 41

What does noxious mean?

Answer 41

Harmful; injurious.

Question 42

What does obtuse mean?

Answer 42

Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression.

Question 43

What does obviate mean?

Answer 43

To anticipate and make unnecessary.

Question 44

What does onerous mean?

Answer 44

Troubling; burdensome.

Question 45

What does paean mean?

Answer 45

A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving.

Question 46

What does parody mean?

Answer 46

A humorous imitation intended for ridiculous or comic effect, especially in literature and art.

Question 47

What does perennial mean?

Answer 47

Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly.

Question 48

What does perfidy mean?

Answer 48

Intentional breach of faith; treachery.

Question 49

What does perfunctory mean?

Answer 49

Cursory; done without care or interest.

Question 50

What does perspicacious mean?

Answer 50

Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment.

Question 51

What does prattle mean?

Answer 51

To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner.

Question 52

What does precipitate mean AS A NOUN?

Answer 52

Acting with excessive haste or impulse.

Question 53

What does precipitate mean AS A VERB?

Answer 53

To cause or happen before anticipated or required.

Question 54

What does predilection mean?

Answer 54

A disposition in favor of something; preference.

Question 55

What does prescience mean?

Answer 55

Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring.

Question 56

What does prevaricate mean?

Answer 56

To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead.

Question 57

What does qualms mean?

Answer 57

Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy.

Question 58

What does recant mean?

Answer 58

To retract, especially a previously held belief.

Question 59

What does refute mean?

Answer 59

To disprove; to successfully argue against.

Question 60

What does relegate mean?

Answer 60

To forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position.

Question 61

What does reticent mean?

Answer 61

Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings.

Question 62

What does solicitous mean?

Answer 62

Concerned and attentive; eager.

Question 63

What does sordid mean?

Answer 63

Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul.

Question 64

What does sporadic mean?

Answer 64

Occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances.

Question 65

What does squander mean?

Answer 65

To waste by spending or using irresponsibly.

Question 66

What does static mean?

Answer 66

Not moving, active, or in motion; at rest.

Question 67

What does stupefy mean?

Answer 67

To stun, baffle, or amaze.

Question 68

What does stymie mean?

Answer 68

To block; to thwart.

Question 69

What does synthesis mean?

Answer 69

The combination of parts to make a whole.

Question 70

What does torque mean?

Answer 70

A force that cases rotation.

Question 71

What does tortuous mean?

Answer 71

Winding, twisting; excessively complicated.

Question 72

What does truculent mean?

Answer 72

Fierce and cruel; eager to fight.

Question 73

What does veracity mean?

Answer 73

Truthfulness, honesty.

Question 74

What does virulent mean?

Answer 74

Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic.

Question 75

What does voracious mean?

Answer 75

Having in insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous.

Question 76

What does waver mean?

Answer 76

To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion.