Hit Parade Group 2

5 Written Questions

1. (adj.) regretful; penitant; seeking forgiveness (noun form: contrition)
   'a broken and a contrite heart'
2. (adj.) composed of elements drawn from various sources
   'her musical tastes are eclectic'
3. (adj.) impenetrable to light; hard or impossible to understand
   'technical jargon that was opaque to her'
4. (adj.) sordid; wretched & dirty as from neglect (noun form: squalor)
   'the squalid, overcrowded prison'
5. (adj.) extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion (noun form: piety)
   'pious readings'

5 Matching Questions

1. Facetious
2. Impecunious
3. Adulation
4. Culpable
5. Inert

1. a (adj.) playful; humorous; treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor
   'facetious remarks'
2. b (adj.) deserving blame (noun form: culpability)
   'sometimes you're just as culpable when you watch something as when you actually participate'
3. c (adj.) lacking funds; having little or no money
   'a titled but impecunious family'
4. d (adj.) unmoving; lethargic sluggish
   'she lay inert in her bed'
5. e (n) excessive praise; intense adoration

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (adj.) argumentative; quarrelsome; controversial
   'a contentious issue'
   1. Contentious
   2. Facetious
   3. Contrite
   4. Cogent
2. (adj.) wary; cautious; sparing
   'he was chary with specifics about the script'
   1. Elegy
   2. Chary
   3. Inert
   4. Quaff
3. (adj.) marked by stealth; attempting to avoid notice or attention; surreptitious; suggestive of guilty nervousness
   'he stole a furtive glance at her'
   1. Urbane
   2. Furtive
   3. Avarice
   4. Torpid
4. (n) stillness; motionlessness; quality of being @ rest (adj. form: quiescent)
   'the resort community's social scene is lively during the summer but undergoes a deep quiescence during the winter'
   1. Ascetic
   2. Eclectic
   3. Ebullience
   4. Quiescence
5. (n)/(v) authoritative permission or approval; a penalty for breaking the law; to give permission or authority to
   'only two treatments have been sanctioned by the Food and Drug Administration'
   1. Sanction
   2. Satire
   3. Adulation
   4. Facetious

5 True/False Questions

1. Dearth → (v) to question or oppose
   'they accepted this ruling without demur'

   True        False

2. Aesthetic → (n) one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion

   True        False

3. Ebullience → (adj.)/(n) soothing. making less harsh; an agent that soften/smooths skin
   'the president's emollient approach to differences'

   True        False

4. Inveigle → (adj.) unmoving; lethargic sluggish
   'she lay inert in her bed'

   True        False

5. Accolade → (n) an expression of praise; award; honor

   True        False