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"Hit Parade"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| jeer | to make fun of |
| jest | to joke (court jester) |
| parody | a humorous imitation |
| recreation | something done for fun, a hobby or game |
| skit | a short comic scene |
| adjunct | an accessory, something added on (ad+junc/join) |
| coalesce | to come together (esce) |
| congeal | to thicken, or change from liquid to solid (con) |
| consensus | an agreement (con) |
| contiguous | lying side by side (con) |
| fission | a splitting apart |
| fusion | a joining together |
| integrate | to bring together and make whole (integer) |
| juxtapose | a place side by side |
| pact | a formal agreement between two countries; a bargain |
| rendezvous | a meeting, usually secret |
| abdicate | yo give up power (ab) |
| accord | to be in agreement |
| allege | to declare that something is true without proof |
| assess | to evaluate or determine the worth of |
| condone | to forgive or disregard an offense |
| conventional | traditional, ordinary (con+vent) |
| counsel | to advise |
| debunk | to prove false |
| decree | an order or a command |
| inquiry | a request for information(in) |
| ratify | to approve, usually a law |
| sustain | to support |
| ambiguous | unclear |
| amorphous | without shape (a+morph+ous) |
| itinerant | nomadic, constantly moving |
| kinetic | moving |
| obscure | hidden or dark, hard to see (ob); to hide |
| remote | far away, distant (remote control) |
| writhe | to twist |
| egress | exit |
| epoch | a period of time |
| intangible | not able to touched or sensed (in+tang+ible) |
| polymorphous | having many shapes (poly+morph+ous) |
| prolific | fertile, very productive (pro) |
| scull | a small rowboat or an oar for a rowboat |
| sporadic | having no pattern or order |
| surrogate | a substitute |
| variegated | having many parts or colors |
| akin | related to or alike |
| amiable | friendly, good-natured (able) |
| congenial | agreeable (con+gen) |
| equivalent | equal (equi) |
| extol | to praise (ex) |
| placate | to quiet down, appease (plac) |
| altruistic | doing good for others |
| aspirant | someone reaching for something (aspirations) |
| astute | sharp, shrewd |
| benevolence | goodness (bene) |
| animosity | hostility (anim+ity) |
| debilitating | weakening, harmful (de) |
| deficient | lacking an essential part (de) |
| insolent | disrespectful, rude (in) |
| irate | enraged |
| notorious | known widely and unfavorably |
| profane | to abuse or put in ill use |
| recalcitrant | disobedient, stubborn |
| warlock | male witch |
| aloof | keeping a distance |
| banal | unoriginal and boring |
| belligerent | hostile, warlike (bell) |
| browbeat | to intimidate |
| choleric | irritable |
| garrulous | overly talkative (ous) |
| incompetent | not able to do something properly (in) |
| insipid | lacking interest, dull, boring (in) |
| ostentatious | showy, pretentious (ous) |
| pedantic | overly scholarly, boring |
| pugnacious | hostile (ous) |
| ravenous | extremely hungry (ous) |
| sanctimonious | acting morally superior, holier-than-thous (ous) |
| abyss | a deep narrow pit |
| barrage | a flood |
| brig | the prison of a ship |
| hovel | a shack |
| indictment | the situation of having been charged with a crime (dic) |
| quiver | a portable container for arrows;to tremble |
| plight | a bad situation, a predicament |
| rue | to regret |
| adverse | unfavorable, opposed, going against (ad + verse) |
| aggravate | to make worse |
| assailable | vulnerable (able) |
| corpulent | excessively overweight |
| founder | to sink (a boat's "founders"); someone who starts something |
| impasse | a deadlock, a point at which one can go no further (im) |
| incumbent | someone who is currently holding a political position |
| insinuation | a sneaky suggestion of something bad |
| mar | to spoil, to mark |
| null | zero value ("null and void") |
| repudiate | to put down, to renounce |
| ruse | a clever trick |
| sedate | to calm, especially by use of a drug |
| slander | a false and mean-spirited statement meant to injure someone |
| superfluous | more than what is required or needed (super+ous) |
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