Hit Parade Group 3

Question 1

aver

Answer 1

to state as fact; to declare or assert

Question 2

diatribe

Answer 2

a harsh denunciation

Question 3

dissemble

Answer 3

to disguise or conceal; to mislead

Question 4

evanescent

Answer 4

tending to disappear like vapor

Question 5

fortuitous

Answer 5

happening by accident or chance

Question 6

germane

Answer 6

relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

Question 7

grandiloquence

Answer 7

pompous speech or expression

Question 8

halcyon

Answer 8

calm and peaceful

Question 9

iconoclast

Answer 9

one who attacks or undermines tranditional conventions or institutions

Question 10

idolatrous

Answer 10

given to intense or excessive devotion to something

Question 11

impassive

Answer 11

revealing no emotion

Question 12

impunity

Answer 12

immunity from punishment or penalty

Question 13

infelicitous

Answer 13

unfortunate; inappropriate

Question 14

insipid

Answer 14

lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge

Question 15

loquacious

Answer 15

extremely talkative

Question 16

mendacity

Answer 16

the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty

Question 17

obsequious

Answer 17

exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

Question 18

opprobrium

Answer 18

disgrace; contempt; scorn

Question 19

pedagogy

Answer 19

the profession or principles of teaching

Question 20

penury

Answer 20

poverty; destitution

Question 21

pith

Answer 21

the essential or central part

Question 22

pithy

Answer 22

precise and brief

Question 23

querulous

Answer 23

prone to complaining or grumbling

Question 24

rancorous

Answer 24

characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

Question 25

recalcitrant

Answer 25

obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

Question 26

repudiate

Answer 26

to refuse to have anything to do with

Question 27

salubrious

Answer 27

promoting health or well-being

Question 28

specious

Answer 28

seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false

Question 29

spurious

Answer 29

lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

Question 30

surfeit

Answer 30

an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess

Question 31

tenacity

Answer 31

the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued