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HITPARADE (1)
PRINCETON HIT PARADE 2010
Question | Answer | |
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ABERRANT (ADJ) | DEVIATING FROM THE NORM (NOUN: ABERRATION) | |
ALACRITY (N) | EAGER AND ENTHUSIASTIC WILLINGNESS | SHE ACCEPTED THE MONEY WITH ALACRITY. |
APPROBATION (N) | AN EXPRESSION OF APPROVAL OR PRAISE | THE COUNCIL HAS FINALLY INDICATED ITS APPROBATION OF THE PLANS. |
ARDUOUS (ADJ) | STRENUOUS, TAXING; REQUIRING SIGNIFICANT EFFORT | THE CLIMB UP THE STEEP MOUNTAIN WAS ARDUOUS. |
ASSUAGE (V) | TO EASE OR LESSEN; TO APPEASE OR PACIFY | THE GOVERNMENT HAS TRIED TO ASSUAGE THE PUBLIC'S FEARS. |
AUDACIOUS (ADJ) | DARING AND FEARLESS; RECKLESSLY BOLD (NOUN: AUDACITY) | THE INSULTING REMARK WAS AUDACIOUS. |
AUSTERE (ADJ) | WITHOUT ADORNMENT; BARE; SEVERELY SIMPLE; ASCETIC (NOUN: AUSTERITY) | THE COURTROOM WAS A LARGE DARK CHAMBER, AN AUSTERE PLACE. |
AXIOMATIC (ADJ) | TAKEN AS A GIVEN; POSSESSING SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH (NOUN: AXIOM) | IT SEEMS AXIOMATIC THAT EVERYONE WOULD BENEFIT FROM A BETTER SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION. |
CANONICAL (ADJ) | FOLLOWING OR IN AGREEMENT WITH ACCEPTED, TRADITIONAL STANDARDS (NOUN: CANON) | |
CAPRICIOUS (ADJ) | INCLINED TO CHANGE ONE'S MIND IMPULSIVELY; ERRATIC, UNPREDICTABLE | HIS BEHAVIOR WAS ERRATIC; HE WAS A CRUEL AND CAPRICIOUS TYRANT. |
CENSURE (V) | TO CRITICIZE SEVERELY; TO OFFICIALLY REBUKE | THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CENSURED FOR HIS INDECISIVE BEHAVIOR DURING THE WAR. |
CHICANERY (N) | TRICKERY OR SUBTERFUGE | THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED POLITICAL CHICANERY AND CORRUPTION AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS. |
DISABUSE (V) | TO UNDECEIVE; TO SET RIGHT | HE THOUGHT THAT ALL WOMEN LIKED CHILDREN, SHE QUICKLY DISABUSED HIM OF THAT NOTION. |
DISPARATE (ADJ) | FUNDAMENTALLY DISTINCT OR DISSIMILAR | THE TWO CULTURES WERE SO TOTALLY DISPARATE THAT SHE FOUND IT HARD TO ADAPT FROM ONE TO THE OTHER. |
EFFRONTERY (N) | EXTREME BOLDNESS; PRESUMPTUOUSNESS | HE WAS SILENT ALL THROUGH THE MEAL THEN HAD THE EFFRONTERY TO STATE THAT I LOOKED BORED! |
ENERVATE (V) | TO WEAKEN; TO REDUCE IN VITALITY | I'M EXHAUSTED BECAUSE THE LONG CAR RIDE ENERVATED ME. |
ENNUI (N) | DISSATISFACTION AND RESTLESSNESS RESULTING FROM BOREDOM OR APATHY | THE WHOLE TOWN SEEMED TO BE AFFECTED BY THE ENNUI OF WINTER. |
ERUDITE (ADJ) | VERY LEARNED; SCHOLARLY (NOUN: ERUDITION) | THE HISTORY PROFESSOR IS THE AUTHOR OF AN ERUDITE BOOK ON SCOTTISH HISTORY. |
EXCULPATE (V) | EXONERATE; TO CLEAR OF BLAME | THE PRISONER WAS EXCULPATED AFTER NEW DNA WAS FOUND. |
EXIGENT (ADJ) | URGENT, PRESSING; REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ACTION OR ATTENTION | THE LEAK IN THE ROOF WAS AN EXIGENT MATTER, WHICH WE TENDED TO IMMEDIATELY. |
EXTEMPORANEOUS (ADJ) | IMPROVISED; DONE WITHOUT PREPARATION | THOUGH MY PRESENTATION WAS EXTEMPORANEOUS, I RECEIVED A GOOD GRADE. |
FILIBUSTER (N) | INTENTIONAL OBSTRUCTION, ESP. USING PROLONGED SPEECH MAKING TO DELAY LEGISLATIVE ACTION. | THE SPEECH WAS A FILIBUSTER AND DELAYED PROGRESS. |
FULMINATE (V) | TO LOUDLY ATTACK OR DENOUNCE | HE DISAGREES WITH ALL THE CLAIMS OF THE GROUP. HE OFTEN FULMINATES THEIR REASONING. |
INGENUOUS (ADJ) | ARTLESS; FRANK AND CANDID; LACKING IN SOPHISTICATION | |
INURED (ADJ) | ACCUSTOMED TO ACCEPTING SOMETHING UNDESIRABLE | THE FISHERMAN WAS INURED TO THE HARDSHIPS AT SEA. |
IRASCIBLE (ADJ) | EASILY ANGERED; PRONE TO TEMPERAMENTAL OUTBURSTS | LIVING WITH HER IS LIKE WALKING ON EGGSHELLS; SHE BECOMES MORE IRASCIBLE AS SHE AGES. |
LAUD (V) | TO PRAISE HIGHLY | THE GERMAN LEADERSHIP LAUDED THE RUSSIAN INITIATIVE. |
MAGNANIMITY (N) | THE QUALITY OF BEING GENEROUSLY NOBLE IN MIND AND HEAR, ESP. IN FORGIVING (ADJ: MAGNANIMOUS) | IT TAKES MAGNANIMITY OF THE HEART TO FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE DONE WRONG BY YOU. |
NASCENT (ADJ) | COMING INTO BEING; IN EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES | |
NEBULOUS (ADJ) | VAGUE; CLOUDY; LACKING CLEARLY DEFINED FORM | SHE HAS A FEW NEBULOUS IDEAS ABOUT WHAT SHE MIGHT LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE, BUT NOTHING DEFINITE. |
NEOLOGISM (N) | A NEW WORD, EXPRESSION, OR USAGE, THE CREATION OR USE OF NEW WORDS OR SENSES | NEWER DICTIONARIES INCLUDE NEOLOGISMS SUCH AS PODCAST. |
NOXIOUS (ADJ) | HARMFUL, INJURIOUS | THEY DIED FROM INHALING NOXIOUS FUMES. |
OBVIATE (V) | TO ANTICIPATE AND MAKE UNNECESSARY | A PEACEFUL SOLUTION WOULD OBVIATE THE NEED TO SEND A UN MILITARY FORCE. |
ONEROUS (ADJ) | TROUBLING; BURDENSOME | CUTTING ABBI'S NAILS IS AN ONEROUS TASK. |
PAEAN (N) | A SONG OR HYMN OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING | THE SONG IS A PAEAN TO PEACE. |
PERFIDY (N) | INTENTIONAL BREACH OF FAITH; TREACHERY (ADJ: PERFIDIOUS) | THE NAIVE MAN SEEMS TO THINK HE IS OWED UNDIVIDED LOYALTIES IN RETURN FOR HIS OWN PERFIDY. |
PERFUNCTORY (ADJ) | CURSORY; DONE WITHOUT CARE OR INTEREST | HIS SMILE WAS PERFUNCTORY. |
PERSPICACIOUS (ADJ) | ACUTELY PERCEPTIVE; HAVING KEEN DISCERNMENT (NOUN: PERSPICACITY) | HIS PERSPICACIOUS GRANDFATHER HAD BOUGHT THE LAND AS AN INVESTMENT, GUESSING THAT THERE MIGHT BE GOLD UNDERGROUND. |
PRECIPITATE (ADJ) | ACTING WITH EXCESSIVE HASTE OR IMPULSE | DON'T BE PRECIPITATE- THINK IT THROUGH BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION. |
PREDILECTION (N) | A DISPOSITION IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING; PREFERENCE | EVER SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD, SHE HAS HAD A PREDILECTION FOR SPICY FOODS. |
PRESCIENCE (V) | FOREKNOWLEDGE OF EVENTS; KNOWING OF EVENTS PRIOR TO THEIR OCCURRING | BROWN HAD THE PRESCIENCE TO KNOW THE PUBLIC PLACED MORE TRUST IN BANKERS THAN POLITICIANS. |
PREVARICATE (V) | TO DELIBERATELY AVOID THE TRUTH; TO MISLEAD | THE MINISTER WAS ACCUSED OF PREVARICATING BECAUSE HE DIDN'T TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MONEY. |
RETICENT (ADJ) | QUIET; RESERVED; RELUCTANT TO EXPRESS THOUGHTS OR FEELINGS. | HE IS VERY RETICENT ABOUT HIS PAST. |
SOLICITOUS (ADJ) | CONCERNED AND ATTENTIVE; EAGER | HE MADE SOLICITOUS INQUIRY AFTER HER HEALTH. |
SORDID (ADJ) | CHARACTERIZED BY FILTH, GRIME, OR SQUALOR; FOUL | THERE ARE LOTS OF REALLY SORDID APARTMENTS IN THE CITY'S POORER AREA. |
STYMIE (V) | TO BLOCK; THWART | IN OUR SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE, WE WERE STYMIED BY THE LACK OF ANY RECENT DOCUMENTS. |
TORQUE (N) | A FORCE THAT CAUSES ROTATION | |
TORTUOUS (ADJ) | WINDING, TWISTING; EXCESSIVELY COMPLICATED | HE TOOK A TORTUOUS ROUTE THROUGH BACK STREETS. |
TRUCULENT (ADJ) | FIERCE AND CRUEL; EAGER TO FIGHT | THE TEENAGER TAUNTED OTHER KIDS AT SCHOOL; HE WAS MEAN AND TRUCULENT. |
VERACITY (N) | TRUTHFULNESS, HONESTY | DOUBTS WERE CAST ON THE VERACITY OF HER ALIBI AFTER THREE PEOPLE CLAIMED TO SEE HER AT THE CRIME SCENE. |
VIRULENT (ADJ) | EXTREMELY HARMFUL OR POISONOUS; BITTERLY HOSTILE OR ANTAGONISTIC | A PARTICULARLY VIRULENT STRAIN OF THE FLU HAS RECENTLY CLAIMED MANY LIVES IN THE US. |
ABSCOND (V) | TO DEPART CLANDESTINELY; TO SEAL OFF AND HIDE | THEIR LANDLADY ASSUMED THEY HAD ABSCONDED TO AVOID PAYING RENT. |