Sat Hit Parade

Front 1

appease

Back 1

to soothe; to pacify by giving in to

Larry appeased his angry mother ny promising to wash the dishes.

Front 2

frivolous

Back 2

not serious; no solemn; with levity

Front 3

instigate

Back 3

to provoke; to stir up

I instigated the fight between two of my friends.

Front 4

sage

Back 4

wise; possesing wisdom derived from experience or learning

Front 5

predecessor

Back 5

someone or something that came before another

Front 6

jeopardy

Back 6

danger

Front 7

tangible

Back 7

touchable; palpable

A mountain of cigarette butts was the only tangible evidence that Luke was at our house.

Front 8

indulgent

Back 8

lenient; yielding to desire

Front 9

remorse

Back 9

sadness; regret

Front 10

pivotal

Back 10

crucial

Harry's contribution was pivotal; without it, we would have failed

Front 11

scrupulous

Back 11

strict; careful; hesitant for ethical reasons

Doug was scrupulous in keeping his accounts; he knew where every penny went and came from

Front 12

refute

Back 12

to disprove; to prove to be false

His expensive suit and imported shoes clearly refuted his claim that he was poor

Front 13

respite

Back 13

a rest; a period of relief

We worked without respite from five in the morning until five in the afternoon

Front 14

volatile

Back 14

quick to evaporate; highly unstable; explosive

The situation in the middle east was very volatile.

Front 15

peripheral

Back 15

unimportant

Front 16

hedonistic

Back 16

pleasure-seeking; indulgent

Front 17

idiom

Back 17

a peculiar expression

Front 18

benefactor

Back 18

a generous donor

Front 19

brevity

Back 19

briefness

The reader of his book may be greatful for the brevity of this example.

Front 20

aporcryphal

Back 20

of doubtful origin; false

An apocryphal story is one whose truth is not proven or whose falsehood is strongly suspected

Front 21

virtuoso

Back 21

masterful musician; a masterful practitioner in some other field

As an artist, he was a virtioso; as a husband he was a chump

Front 22

slander

Back 22

to defame; to speak maliciously of someone

Amy slandered Erica by telling everyone she cheated on a test

Front 23

animosity

Back 23

resentment; hostility; ill will

The rivals for the state championship felt great animosity toward each other.

Front 24

deplete

Back 24

to use up; to reduce; to lessen

Front 25

amity

Back 25

friendship

Front 26

stringent

Back 26

strict; restrictive

My mom is very stringent, I have to be in bed at 10.

Front 27

voluminous

Back 27

very large; spacious

my house is very voluminous.

Front 28

auspicious

Back 28

favorable; promising; pointing to a good result

A clear sky in the morning is an auspicious sign on the day of the picnic.

Front 29

fickle

Back 29

capricious; whimsical unpredictable

Front 30

lethargy

Back 30

sluggishness; laziness; drowsiness; indifference

The lethargy of the library staff caused what should have been a quick errand to expand into a full day's work

Front 31

hackeneyed

Back 31

banal; overused; trite

Michael's book was full of cliches and hackeneys expressions

Front 32

amass

Back 32

to accumulate

Front 33

willfull

Back 33

deliberate; obstinate; insistent on having one's way

When her mother told her that she couldn't have a cookie, the willfull little girl grabed the cookie jar and ran out.

Front 34

bastion

Back 34

stronghold; fortress; fortified place

Front 35

trepidation

Back 35

fear; apprehension; nervous trembeling

The trepidation of the swim team was obvious.

Front 36

desecrate

Back 36

to profane a holy place

Front 37

fortuitous

Back 37

accidental; occuring by chance

The object was so prefectly formed that its creation could not have been fortuitous.

Front 38

vehement

Back 38

urgent; passionate

saking his head and stomping on the floor, Gary was vehement in his denial

Front 39

assuage

Back 39

to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve

Beth was extremely angry, but I assuaged her by promising to leave the house and never come back.

Front 40

prodigious

Back 40

extraordinary; enormous

The little boy cuaght a prodigious fish, it was 10 times larger than him.

Front 41

torpor

Back 41

sluggishness; inactivity; apathy

Front 42

furtive

Back 42

secretive

Front 43

supercilious

Back 43

haughty; patronizing

The supercilious Rolls-Royce slamesman treated us like peasants util we opened our suitcase that was full of 100 dollar bills

Front 44

prudent

Back 44

careful; having foresight

Jose is a very prudent money manager

Front 45

verbose

Back 45

wordy; overly talkative

Front 46

pedestrian

Back 46

common; ordinary; banal

The menu was pedestriam; I had encountered each of the dished dozens of times before

Front 47

innocuous

Back 47

harmless; banal

Meredith took offense at Bruce's innocuous comment about her soup being too salty.

Front 48

fanatic

Back 48

one who is exteremely devoted to a cause or idea

Front 49

enhance

Back 49

to make better; to augment

Front 50

stoic

Back 50

indifferent to pleasure or pain, to joy or grief.

Nina was stoic abou the death of her canary, she didn't care.