Hit Parade Group 1

Question 1

Exigent.

Answer 1

Urgent. Requires immediate attention.

Question 2

Extemporaneous.

Answer 2

Improvised.

Question 3

Filibuster.

Answer 3

Intentional obstruction.

Question 4

Fulminate.

Answer 4

Denounce. Loudly attack. Censure. Rebuke.

Question 5

Abscond.

Answer 5

Depart clandestinely.

Question 6

Alacrity

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Eager. Enthusiastic willingness.

Question 7

Anomaly.

Answer 7

Deviation from the norm.

Question 8

Approbation

Answer 8

An expression of approval.

Question 9

Arduous.

Answer 9

Taxing. Strenuous.

Eg. Make arduous effort.

Question 10

Austere

Answer 10

Without adornment.

Question 11

Axiomatic.

Answer 11

Self evident.

It is axiomatic that …

Question 12

Canonical.

Answer 12

Following accepted traditional standards.

Question 13

Capricious

Answer 13

Erratic. Inclined to change ones mind impulsively.

Question 14

Chicanery.

Answer 14

Trickery.

Question 15

Connoisseur.

Answer 15

Astute judge/expert.

Question 16

Disabuse

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To undeceive. To set right.

Eg. He disabused me of my quixotic notions.

Question 17

Discordant.

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Dissonant.

Question 18

Disparate

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Fundamentally distinct

Question 19

Effrontery

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Extreme boldness.

Question 20

Enervate.

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Weaken.

Question 21

Ennui (on wii)

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Boredom. Tedium.

Question 22

Ingenuous

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Innocent. Artless. Candid.

Question 23

Ingenious

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Clever. Inventive.

Question 24

Exculpate

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Exonerate. Clear from blame.

Question 25

Inured

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Accustomed to

Question 26

Irascible

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Easily angered.

Question 27

Magnanimity

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

Question 28

Nascent

Answer 28

In early stage. | Eg. A nascent company.

Question 29

Neologism

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New word

Question 30

Noxious

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Harmful. | Eg. Noxious vapors.

Question 31

Obviate

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Make unnecessary. | Eg. To obviate the need for ...

Question 32

Onerous

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Troubling. Burdensome. | Eg. An onerous household duty

Question 33

Paean (pee an)

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A song/hymn of praise.

Question 34

Perennial

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Recurrent throughout many years.

Question 35

Perfunctory

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Cursory. | Eg. A perfunctory applause.

Question 36

Perspicacious.

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Acutely perceptive.

Question 37

Prattle.

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Babble meaninglessly.

Question 38

Precipitate.

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(Adj) act with haste and impulse. Eg. A precipitate decision. (V) to cause before anticipated. Precipitate a country into a crisis.

Question 39

Prescience. (Prescient)

Answer 39

Foresight.

Question 40

Prevaricate

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Avoiding the truth.