Word list 04
Group 1
| Ambivalence |
lack of clarity; wavering; being undecided |
| Cantankerous |
bad-tempered; quarrelsome |
| Derogatory |
uncomplimentary |
| Exemplify |
to serve as a good example |
| Impecunious |
having no money |
| Lucid |
clear |
| Ornate |
highly decorated |
| Precipice |
steep slope |
| Salubrious |
health-giving |
| Truant |
shirker; someone absent without permission |
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Group 2
| Ambulatory |
able to walk around (used of hospital patients) |
| Capacious |
spacious |
| Desecrate |
to damage or pollute a holy place |
| Exhaustive |
complete and thorough |
| Impious |
wicked; profane |
| Ludicrous |
ridiculous; silly |
| Orthodox |
conventional |
| Precipitous |
done in a hurry |
| Salutary |
something which teaches you a lesson; beneficial |
| Truncate |
cut short |
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Group 3
| Ameliorate |
make better |
| Capitulate |
surrender; give in to |
| Desecration |
spoiling something holy |
| Exonerates |
acquits; absolves; removes blame |
| Impoverished |
destitute; poor |
| Lukewarm |
1. unenthusiastic; 2. neither hot nor cold |
| Ossify |
1. turn to bone; 2. become fixed and rigid |
| Preclude |
prevent or make impossible |
| Sanctimonious |
hypocritically holy |
| Tumult |
uproar; noise |
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Group 4
| Amelioration |
improvement |
| Carping |
constant criticism |
| Desist |
stop; discontinue; cease |
| Exorcism |
getting free/rid of; eliminating (especially demons) |
| Impromptu |
unrehearsed; spontaneous |
| Lummox |
clumsy person |
| Ostentatious |
showy |
| Precocious |
developing early |
| Sanction |
give approval to |
| Turpitude |
depravity |
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Group 5
| Amiable |
friendly |
| Cartographer |
person who makes maps |
| Despondent |
having no hope; miserable |
| Expatriate |
refugee; emigrant; someone living away from his own country |
| Inadvertent |
not intentional |
| Luscious |
juicy; moist; succulent |
| Oust |
push out of a position |
| Predecessor |
one who came before |
| Sanguinary |
bloodthirsty; bloody |
| Tyro |
novice; beginner |
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Group 6
| Amity |
friendship |
| Castigate |
scold strongly |
| Destitution |
hardship; poverty; misery |
| Expedient |
convenient; practical |
| Incantation |
chant; invocation; prayer |
| Lynch |
assassinate; kill; illegal hanging |
| Overt |
obvious; not hidden |
| Predicament |
dilemma; difficult situation |
| Sanguine |
optimistic; cheerful |
| Ubiquitous |
found everywhere; omnipresent |
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Group 7
| Amorphous |
lacking in shape |
| Catharsis |
purging of pent-up emotions |
| Deter |
put off; prevent |
| Expedite |
make faster |
| Incarceration |
putting in prison |
| Machinations |
plots and plans |
| Overwrought |
worked up; in an emotional state |
| Preeminent |
famous; outstanding |
| Sardonic |
mocking |
| Unalloyed |
undiluted; total |
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Group 8
| Analgesic |
medicine to combat pain |
| Caucus |
type of private political meeting |
| Deteriorate |
worsen; decline |
| Exposition |
clear explanation |
| Incessant |
without stopping |
| Maelstrom |
whirlpool; storm in the ocean |
| Palatable |
good to eat; agreeable |
| Prerogative |
right or privilege |
| Savant |
person with knowledge |
| Unctuous |
oily; using excessive flattery |
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Group 9
| Analogous |
comparable |
| Caustic |
burning |
| Detrimental |
harmful |
| Extol |
praise |
| Incipient |
just beginning |
| Magnanimous |
generous; big-hearted |
| Palisade |
fence made of posts |
| Prescient |
having fore-knowledge |
| Scale |
to climb |
| Undermined |
damaged; attacked |
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Group 10
| Anarchy |
chaos; lack of government |
| Cavalcade |
procession of vehicles |
| Devoured |
greedily eaten/consumed |
| Extradite |
deport from one country back to the home country |
| Inclination |
tendency; a leaning toward |
| Magnate |
powerful businessman |
| Palliative |
a remedy that improves but doesn't cure |
| Presentiment |
a feeling that something might happen |
| Scapegoat |
person on whom blame is placed for faults of others |
| Underscore |
emphasize |
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