Hit Parade Group 2

Question 0

What does accolade mean?

Answer 0

An expression of praise.

Question 1

What does abate mean?

Answer 1

To lessen the intensity or degree.

Question 2

What does adulation mean?

Answer 2

Excessive praise; intense adoration.

Question 3

What does aesthetic mean?

Answer 3

Dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful.

Question 4

What does ameliorate mean?

Answer 4

To make better or more tolerable.

Question 5

What does ascetic mean?

Answer 5

One who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion.

Question 6

What does avarice mean?

Answer 6

Greed, especially for wealth.

Question 7

What does axiom mean?

Answer 7

A universally recognized principle.

Question 8

What does burgeon mean?

Answer 8

To grow rapidly or to flourish.

Question 9

What does bucolic mean?

Answer 9

Rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants.

Question 10

What does cacophony mean?

Answer 10

Harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance.

Question 11

What does canon mean?

Answer 11

An established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature.

Question 12

What does castigation mean?

Answer 12

Severe criticism or punishment.

Question 13

What does catalyst mean?

Answer 13

A substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change.

Question 14

What does caustic mean?

Answer 14

Burning or stinging; causing corrosion.

Question 15

What does chary mean?

Answer 15

Wary; cautious; sparing.

Question 16

What does cogent mean?

Answer 16

Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing.

Question 17

What does complaisance mean?

Answer 17

The willingness to comply with the wishes of others.

Question 18

What does contentious mean?

Answer 18

Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement.

Question 19

What does contrite mean?

Answer 19

Regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness.

Question 20

What does culpable mean?

Answer 20

Deserving blame.

Question 21

What does dearth mean?

Answer 21

Smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack.

Question 22

What does demur mean?

Answer 22

To question or oppose.

Question 23

What does didactic mean?

Answer 23

Intended to teach or instruct.

Question 24

What does discretion mean?

Answer 24

Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions.

Question 25

What does disinterested mean?

Answer 25

Free of bias or self-interest; impartial.

Question 26

What does dogmatic mean?

Answer 26

Expressing rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles.

Question 27

What does ebullience mean?

Answer 27

The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings.

Question 28

What does eclectic mean?

Answer 28

Composed of elements drawn from various sources.

Question 29

What does elegy mean?

Answer 29

A mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead.

Question 30

What does emollient mean?

Answer 30

Soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin.

Question 31

What does empirical mean?

Answer 31

Based on observation or experiment.

Question 32

What does enigmatic mean?

Answer 32

Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand.

Question 33

What does ephemeral mean?

Answer 33

Brief; fleeting.

Question 34

What does esoteric mean?

Answer 34

Intended for or understood by a small, specific group.

Question 35

What does eulogy mean?

Answer 35

A speech honoring the dead.

Question 36

What doe exonerate mean?

Answer 36

To remove blame.

Question 37

What does facetious mean?

Answer 37

Playful; humorous.

Question 38

What does fallacy mean?

Answer 38

An invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief.

Question 39

What does furtive mean?

Answer 39

Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious.

Question 40

What does gregarious mean?

Answer 40

Sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people.

Question 41

What does harangue mean?

Answer 41

To deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech.

Question 42

What does heretical mean?

Answer 42

Violating accepted dogma or convention.

Question 43

What does hyperbole mean?

Answer 43

An exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech.

Question 44

What does impecunious mean?

Answer 44

Lacking funds; without money.

Question 45

What does incipient mean?

Answer 45

Beginning to come into being or to become apparent.

Question 46

What does inert mean?

Answer 46

Unmoving; lethargic; sluggish.

Question 47

What does innocuous mean?

Answer 47

Harmless; causing no damage.

Question 48

What does intransigent mean?

Answer 48

Refusing to compromise.

Question 49

What does inveigle mean?

Answer 49

To obtain by deception or flattery.

Question 50

What does morose mean?

Answer 50

Sad; sullen; melancholy.

Question 51

What does odious mean?

Answer 51

Evoking intense aversion or dislike.

Question 52

What does opaque mean?

Answer 52

Impenetrable by light; not reflecting light.

Question 53

What does oscillation mean?

Answer 53

The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm.

Question 54

What does penurious mean?

Answer 54

Penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous.

Question 55

What does pernicious mean?

Answer 55

Extremely harmful; potentially causing death.

Question 56

What does peruse mean?

Answer 56

To examine with great care.

Question 57

What does pious mean?

Answer 57

Extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion.

Question 58

What does precursor mean?

Answer 58

One precedes and indicates or announces another.

Question 59

What does preen mean?

Answer 59

To dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care.

Question 60

What does prodigious mean?

Answer 60

Abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary.

Question 61

What does prolific mean?

Answer 61

Producing large volumes or amounts; productive.

Question 62

What does putrefy mean?

Answer 62

To rot; to decay and give off a foul odor.

Question 63

What does quaff mean?

Answer 63

To drink deeply.

Question 64

What does quiescence mean?

Answer 64

Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest.

Question 65

What does redoubtable mean?

Answer 65

Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor.

Question 66

What does sanction mean?

Answer 66

Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority.

Question 67

What does satire mean?

Answer 67

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

Question 68

What does squalid mean?

Answer 68

Sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect.

Question 69

What does stoic mean?

Answer 69

Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; stead-fast.

Question 70

What does supplant mean?

Answer 70

To take the place of; to supersede.

Question 71

What does torpid mean?

Answer 71

Lethargic; sluggish; dormant.

Question 72

What does ubiquitous mean?

Answer 72

Existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread.

Question 73

What does urbane mean?

Answer 73

Sophisticated; refined; elegant.

Question 74

What does vilify mean?

Answer 74

To defame; to characterize harshly.

Question 75

What does viscous mean?

Answer 75

Thick; sticky.