Hitlist 1

Question 1

Abscond

Answer 1

To depart

To steal off and hide

Question 2

Aberrant

Answer 2

Deviating from the norm

Question 3

Alacrity

Answer 3

Eager and enthusiastic willingness

Question 4

Anomaly

Answer 4

Deviating from the normal order, form, or rule.

Abnormality

Question 5

Approbation

Answer 5

An expression of approval or praise

Question 6

Arduous

Answer 6

Strenuous, taxing

Requiring significant effort

Question 7

Audacious

Answer 7

Daring and fearless

Recklessly bold

Question 8

Austere

Answer 8

Without adornment
Bare
Severely simple

Question 9

Axiomatic

Answer 9

Taken as a given

Possessing self-evident truth

Question 10

Canonical

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Following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards

Question 11

Capricious

Answer 11

Inclined to change ones mind impulsively
Erratic
Unpredictable

Question 12

Censure

Answer 12

To criticize severely

To officially rebuke

Question 13

Chicanery

Answer 13

Trickery

Question 14

Connoisseur

Answer 14

An informed and astute judge in matters of taste

Expert

Question 15

Convoluted

Answer 15

Complex or complicated

Question 16

Disabuse

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To undeceive

To set right

Question 17

Discordant

Answer 17

Conflicting

Dissonant or harsh in sound

Question 18

Disparate

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Distinct or dissimilar

Question 19

Effrontery

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Extreme boldness

Presumptuousness

Question 20

Eloquent

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Well spoken
Expressive
Articulate

Question 21

Enervate

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To weaken

To reduce in vitality

Question 22

Ennui

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Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

Question 23

Equivocate

Answer 23

To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

Question 24

Erudite

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Very learned

Scholarly

Question 25

Exculpate

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To clear blame of

Question 26

Exigent

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Urgent Pressing Requiring urgent action or attention

Question 27

Extemporaneous

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Improvised | Done without preparation

Question 28

Filibuster

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Intentional obstruction | Using prolonged speech making to delay legislative action

Question 29

Fulminate

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To loudly attack or denounce

Question 30

Ingenuous

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Artless Frank and candid Lacking in sophisticated

Question 31

Inured

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Accustomed to accepting something undesired

Question 32

Irascible

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Easily angered | Prone to outbursts

Question 33

Laud

Answer 33

To praise highly

Question 34

Lucid

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Clear | Easily understood

Question 35

Magnanimity

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

Question 36

Martial

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Associated with war and the armed forces

Question 37

Mundane

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Of the world | Typical of or concerned with the ordinary

Question 38

Waver

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To move to and from To sway To be unsettled in opinion

Question 39

Voracious

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Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit | Ravenous

Question 40

Virulent

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Extremely harmful or poisonous | Bitterly hostile or antagonistic

Question 41

Veracity

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Truthfulness | Honesty

Question 42

Truculent

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Fierce and cruel | Eager to fight

Question 43

Tortuous

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Winding Twisting Excessively complicated

Question 44

Torque

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A force that causes rotation

Question 45

Synthesis

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The combination of parts to make a whole

Question 46

Stymie

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To block

Question 47

Stupefy

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To stun, baffle, or amaze

Question 48

Static

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Not moving | At rest

Question 49

Squander

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To waste by spending or using irresponsibly

Question 50

Sporadic

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Occurring only occasionally

Question 51

Sordid

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characterized by filth, grime, or squalor | foul

Question 52

Solicitous

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concerned and attentive | eager

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Reticent

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quite reserved reluctant to express feelings

Question 54

Relegate

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to forcibly assign esp to a lower place or position

Question 55

Refute

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to disprove of | to successfully argue against

Question 56

Recant

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to retract

Question 57

Qualms

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misgivings reservations causes for hesitancy

Question 58

Prevaricate

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to deliberately avoid the truth | to mislead

Question 59

Prescience

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foreknowledge of events | knowing of events prior to thier occurring

Question 60

Predilection

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a disposition in favor of something | preference

Question 61

Precipitate (verb)

Answer 61

to cause or happen before anticipated or required

Question 62

Precipitate (adj)

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acting with excessive impulse

Question 63

Prattle

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to babble meaninglessly

Question 64

Perspicacious

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acutely perceptive

Question 65

Perfunctory

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done without care or interest

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Perfidy

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treachery

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Perennial

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happening repeatedly

Question 68

Parody

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a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect esp in literature or art

Question 69

Paean

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a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

Question 70

Onerous

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troubling | bourdensome

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Obviate

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Avoid | Prevent

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Obtuse

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lacking in sharpness of intellect | not clear or precise in thought or expression

Question 73

Noxious

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harmful | injurious

Question 74

Neologism

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a new word, expression, or usage | the creation or use of new words or senses

Question 75

Nebulous

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vague cloudy lacking clearly defined form

Question 76

Nascent

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coming into being | in early developmental stages

Question 77

effect

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result | consequence

Question 78

indifferent

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without interest or concern | having no bias, prejudice, preference

Question 79

Analogous

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agreeing | similar

Question 80

Acute

Answer 80

sharp or severe in effect intense extremely great or serious, crucial, critical