Hit Parade Group 2

Question 1

Amalgamate

verb

Answer 1

to combine several elements into a whole

Question 2

Assuage

verb

Answer 2

to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

Question 3

Bolster

verb

Answer 3

to provide support or reinforcement

Question 4

Burgeon

verb

Answer 4

to grow rapidly or flourish

Question 5

Buttress

noun

Answer 5

a support or prop, often an external prop used to bolster a wall

Question 6

Capricious

adjective

Answer 6

inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable

Question 7

Catalyst

noun

Answer 7

a person or thing that causes change

Question 8

Caustic

adjective

Answer 8

burning or stinging; causing corrosion

Question 9

Centrifuge

noun

Answer 9

a machine that spins very swiftly about a central axis, and, using centrifugal force, separates disparate substances

Question 10

Converge

verb

Answer 10

to tend toward the same spot or outcome; to incline to join at an intersecting point

Question 11

Conversion

noun

Answer 11

the act or process of causing deterioration; a wearing away, especially of metals

Question 12

Decibel

noun

Answer 12

unit used in measuring the intensity of a sound, usually in relation to another sound

Question 13

Desiccate

verb

Answer 13

to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull

Question 14

Distill

verb

Answer 14

to purify to concentrate through a process to vaporization and concentration

Question 15

Divest

verb

Answer 15

to remove or strip, especially cothing

Question 16

Enervate

verb

Answer 16

to weaken; to reduce in vitality

Question 17

Ephemeral

adjective

Answer 17

brief; fleeting

Question 18

Eradicate

verb

Answer 18

to remove completely; to annihilate; to pull out by the roots

Question 19

Expel

Verb

Answer 19

to force out; to discharge

Question 20

Extend

Verb

Answer 20

to lengthen or stretch out

Question 21

Facilitate

verb

Answer 21

to aid by making easier

Question 22

Implode

verb

Answer 22

to abruptly and violently collapse inward

Question 23

Inchoate

adjective

Answer 23

in an initial stage; not fully formed

Question 24

Incubation

noun

Answer 24

the act of sitting on or otherwise warming eggs in order to keep them at a temperature favorable for hatching

Question 25

Infuse

Answer 25

to imbue; to pour in; to introduce; to instill

Question 26

Intransigent adjective

Answer 26

refusing to compromise

Question 27

Inundate verb

Answer 27

to flood or overwhelm

Question 28

Invigoration noun

Answer 28

the quality of being energized or filled with liveliness

Question 29

Lackluster adjective

Answer 29

dull; lacking vitality or luminosity

Question 30

Lethargic adjective

Answer 30

lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy

Question 31

Luminous Adjective

Answer 31

characterized by brightness and the emission of light

Question 32

Obviate verb

Answer 32

to anticipate the make unnecessary

Question 33

Pervasive adjective

Answer 33

having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout

Question 34

Placate verb

Answer 34

to appease; to calm by making concessions

Question 35

Plod verb

Answer 35

to trudge; to move slowly and heavily

Question 36

Plummet Verb

Answer 36

to plunge or drip straight down

Question 37

Precipitate verb

Answer 37

to act with excessive haste or impulse

Question 38

Precursor noun

Answer 38

one that precedes and indicates or announces another

Question 39

Proliferate verb

Answer 39

to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly

Question 40

Propagate verb

Answer 40

to cause to spread, multiply, or reproduce

Question 41

Prune verb

Answer 41

to cut back or clip branches or other parts of a plant, especially parts that are dead or unnecessary

Question 42

Rarefy verb

Answer 42

to make or become thin, less dense; to refine

Question 43

Rectify verb

Answer 43

to make right or fix; to correct

Question 44

Retard verb

Answer 44

to slow, delay, or hamper

Question 45

Saturate verb

Answer 45

to fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance; to soak

Question 46

Sever verb

Answer 46

to remove or separate by cutting off

Question 47

Stimulant noun

Answer 47

an invigorating substance that excites mental or physical activity

Question 48

Synthesis noun

Answer 48

the combination of parts t make a while

Question 49

Tentative adjective

Answer 49

not definite; uncertain; experimental

Question 50

Vigor noun

Answer 50

active bodily or mental strength or energy; force

Question 51

Viscous adjective

Answer 51

thick; sticky

Question 52

Vital adjective

Answer 52

essential for or relating to life; necessary

Question 53

Vitality noun

Answer 53

vigor; ability to live or grow; energy

Question 54

Volatile adjective

Answer 54

readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive

Question 55

Waver verb

Answer 55

to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in decision