Hitlist 2

Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

to lessen in intensity or degree

Question 2

Accolade

Answer 2

an expression of praise

Question 3

Adulation

Answer 3

excessive praise

intense adoration

Question 4

Aesthetic

Answer 4

dealing with
appreciative of
or responsive to art or the beautiful

Question 5

Ameliorate

Answer 5

to make better or more tolerable

Question 6

Avarice

Answer 6

greed esp for wealth

Question 7

Axiom

Answer 7

a universally recognized principle

Question 8

Ascetic

Answer 8

Self-discipline

Self-denial

Question 9

Burgeon

Answer 9

to grow rapidly or flourish

Question 10

Bucolic

Answer 10

rustic and pastoral

characteristic of rural areas and thier inhabitants

Question 11

Cacophony

Answer 11

harsh, jarring, discordant sound

dissonance form

Question 12

Canon

Answer 12

an established set of principles or code of laws

often religious in nature

Question 13

Castigation

Answer 13

severe criticism or punishment

Question 14

Catalyst

Answer 14

a person or thing that causes change

Question 15

Caustic

Answer 15

burning or stinging

causing corrosion

Question 16

Chary

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wary
Every cautious
Not giving freely- sparing

Question 17

Cogent

Answer 17

appealing forcibly to the mind or reason

convincing

Question 18

Complaisance

Answer 18

the willingness to comply with the wishes of others

Question 19

Contentious

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argumentative
quarrelsome
causing controversy or disagreement

Question 20

Contrite

Answer 20

regretful

seeking forgiveness

Question 21

Culpable

Answer 21

deserving blame

Question 22

Dearth

Answer 22

smallness of quantity or number
scarcity
a lack

Question 23

Demur

Answer 23

to question or oppose

Question 24

Didactic

Answer 24

intended to teach or instruct

Question 25

Discretion

Answer 25

cautious reserve in speech | ability to make responsible decisions

Question 26

Disinterested

Answer 26

free of bias or self interest | impartial

Question 27

Penurious

Answer 27

penny pinching excessively thrifty ungenerous

Question 28

Oscillation

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Opaque

Answer 29

impenetrable by light not reflecting light NOT CLEAR

Question 30

Odious

Answer 30

evoking intense aversion or dislike

Question 31

Morose

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sad sullen melancholy

Question 32

Inveigle

Answer 32

to obtain by deception or flattery

Question 33

Intransigent

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refusing to compromise

Question 34

Innocuous

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harmless, causing no damage

Question 35

Inert

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unmoving, lethargic, sluggish

Question 36

Incipient

Answer 36

beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Question 37

Impecunious

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lacking funds | without money

Question 38

Hyperbole

Answer 38

an exaggerated statement | often used as a figure of speech

Question 39

Heretical

Answer 39

Departure from accepted beliefs or standards | Unorthodox

Question 40

Harangue

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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade | a long pompous speech

Question 41

Gregarious

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sociable | outgoing

Question 42

Furtive

Answer 42

SNEAKY CARRIES THINGS AWAY LIKE THIEF marked by stealth covert surreptitious

Question 43

Fallacy

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an incorrect notion | a mistaken belief

Question 44

Facetious

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playful | humorous

Question 45

Exonerate

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to remove blame

Question 46

Eulogy

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a speech honoring the dead

Question 47

Esoteric

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intended for or understood by a specific, small group

Question 48

Ephemeral

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brief | fleeting

Question 49

Enigmatic

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mysterious obscure difficult to understand

Question 50

Empirical

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based on observation or experience

Question 51

Emollient

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soothing espectially to the skin making less harsh an agent that softens or smoothes the skin

Question 52

Elegy

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a mournful poem esp one lamenting the dead

Question 53

Eclectic

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composed of elements drawn from various sources

Question 54

Ebullience

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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

Question 55

Dogmatic

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expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles

Question 56

Pernicious

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extremely harmful | potentially causing death

Question 57

Peruse

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to examine with great care

Question 58

Pious

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extremely devout | showing strong religious devotion

Question 59

Precursor

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one that precedes or announces another

Question 60

Preen

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to dress up to primp to groom oneself with elaborate care

Question 61

Prodigious

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abundant in size, force, or extent | extraordinary

Question 62

Prolific

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produces large volumes or amounts | productive

Question 63

Putrefy

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to rot | to decay and give off a foul odor

Question 64

Quaff

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to drink deeply

Question 65

Quiescence

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stillness motionlessness quality of being at rest

Question 66

Redoubtable

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awe-inspiring | worthy of honor

Question 67

Sanction

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authoritative permission or approval a penalty intended to enforce compliance to give permission or authority to

Question 68

Satire

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

Question 69

Squalid

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sordid | wretched and dirty as from neglect

Question 70

Stoic

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indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain | steadfast

Question 71

Supplant

Answer 71

to take the place of | to supersede

Question 72

Torpid

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lethargic sluggish dormant

Question 73

Ubiquitous

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existing everywhere at the same time constantly encountered widespread

Question 74

Urbane

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sophisticated refined elegant

Question 75

Vilify

Answer 75

to defame | to characterize harshly

Question 76

Viscous

Answer 76

thick | sticky