Hit Parade Group 2

Front 1

Abate

Back 1

subside, lessen in intensity

Front 2

Accolade

Back 2

Praise

Front 3

Adulation

Back 3

Excessive praise

Front 4

Aesthetic

Back 4

Regarding art / beauty

Front 5

Ameliorate

Back 5

make better, improve

Front 6

Aescetic

Back 6

Practices self discipline

Front 7

Avarice

Back 7

Greed (esp for wealth)

Front 8

Axiom

Back 8

Universally accepted principle

Front 9

Burgeon

Back 9

Grow rapidly, flourish

Front 10

Bucolic

Back 10

Rustic, countryside

Front 11

Cacophony

Back 11

Harsh sound

Front 12

Canon

Back 12

Set of principles or laws

Front 13

Castigation

Back 13

Criticism / punishment

Front 14

Catalyst

Back 14

Accelerates reaction rate

Front 15

Caustic

Back 15

Corrosive, burning

Front 16

Chary

Back 16

Wary, cautious

Front 17

Cogent

Back 17

Convincing

Front 18

Complaisance

Back 18

Eager to please

Front 19

Contentious

Back 19

Quarrelsome

Front 20

Contrite

Back 20

Remorseful

Front 21

Culpable

Back 21

Deserving blame

Front 22

Dearth

Back 22

Scarcity, lack of something

Front 23

Demur

Back 23

Raise doubts, question

Front 24

Didactic

Back 24

Intended to teach

Front 25

Discretion

Back 25

Ability to make responsible decision

Front 26

Disinterested

Back 26

Unbiased, impartial

Front 27

Dogmatic

Back 27

Rigid opinion, uncompromising

Front 28

Ebullience

Back 28

Cheerful, full of energy

Front 29

Eclectic

Back 29

Derived from a wide array of sources

Front 30

Elegy

Back 30

Mournful poem

Front 31

Emollient

Back 31

Soothing (to the skin)

Front 32

Empirical

Back 32

Based on observation (not theory)

Front 33

Enigmatic

Back 33

Hard to understand, mysterious

Front 34

Ephemeral

Back 34

Fleeting, lasting a short time

Front 35

Esoteric

Back 35

Understood by a small group of people

Front 36

Eulogy

Back 36

Speech honoring the dead

Front 37

Exonerate

Back 37

Free from blame

Front 38

Facetious

Back 38

Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor

Front 39

Fallacy

Back 39

Mistaken belief

Front 40

Furtive

Back 40

Stealthy

Front 41

Gregarious

Back 41

Outgoing, sociable

Front 42

Harangue

Back 42

A long, aggressive speech

Front 43

Heretical

Back 43

Opinion at odds with what is generally accepted

Front 44

Hyperbole

Back 44

Exaggerated statement

Front 45

Impecunious

Back 45

Poor

Front 46

Incipient

Back 46

Beginning to happen or develop

Front 47

Inert

Back 47

Immobile

Front 48

Innoculous

Back 48

Harmless

Front 49

Intransigent

Back 49

Refusing to compromise, stubborn

Front 50

Inveigle

Back 50

Persuade by deception or flattery

Front 51

Morose

Back 51

Sad

Front 52

Odious

Back 52

Repulsive

Front 53

Opaque

Back 53

Nontransparent

Front 54

Oscillation

Back 54

Moving back and forth at regular speed

Front 55

Pernurious

Back 55

Miserly, penny-pinching

Front 56

Pernicious

Back 56

Extremely harmful in a subtle way

Front 57

Peruse

Back 57

Examine carefully

Front 58

Pious

Back 58

Devoutly religious

Front 59

Precursor

Back 59

Forerunner

Front 60

Preen

Back 60

Primp, admire oneself

Front 61

Prodigious

Back 61

Impressive in size or extent

Front 62

Prolific

Back 62

Productive, yielding large amounts

Front 63

Putrefy

Back 63

Rot, decay

Front 64

Quaff

Back 64

Drink heartily

Front 65

Quiescence

Back 65

State of inactivity, stillness, calmess

Front 66

Redoubtable

Back 66

Awe-inspiring, daunting

Front 67

Sanction

Back 67

Threatened penalty for disobeying law

Official permission or approval

Front 68

Satire

Back 68

Literary work that ridicules

Front 69

Squalid

Back 69

Filthy, due to neglect

Front 70

Stoic

Back 70

Unaffected by pleasure or pain

Front 71

Supplant

Back 71

Replace, override

Front 72

Torpid

Back 72

Inactive, lethargic

Front 73

Ubiquitous

Back 73

Widespread, existing everywhere

Front 74

Urbane

Back 74

Sophisticated

Front 75

Vilify

Back 75

Defame, disparage

Front 76

Viscous

Back 76

Thick, sticky