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Hit Parade Week 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| conjecture | inference, guesswork |
| didactic | instructive |
| effusive | showing excessive emotion; overflowing |
| insinuate | to introduce or communicate stealthily |
| loquacious | very talkative |
| acumen | quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight |
| circumspect | careful; prudent; discreet |
| pedantic | excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules |
| perspicacious | shrewd; clear-sighted |
| precocious | exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity |
| prolific | very productive; producing great quantities |
| abstruse | difficult to understand |
| disaffected | having lost faith or loyalty; discontent |
| reticent | inclined to keep silent; reserved |
| staid | unemotional; serious |
| arcane | known or understood by few |
| esoteric | intended for or understood by only a small group |
| insular | isolated; narrow or provincial |
| potentate | one who has thed power and position to rule over others; monarch |
| castigate | scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize |
| censure | issue official blame |
| denounce | condemn openly |
| reclusive | seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation |
| renounce | give up (a title, etc...), especially by formal announcement |
| vituperative | marked by harshly abusive condemnation |
| circumscribe | to draw a circle around; to restrict |
| contiguous | sharing an edge or boundary; touching |