Word list 07
Group 1
| Archetype |
classic example of |
| Clemency |
mercy |
| Disinterested |
unbiased |
| Flout |
defy; reject |
| Ing�nue |
na�ve, unsophisticated person |
| Mendacious |
given to lying |
| Paucity |
shortage |
| Protean |
changeable |
| Sophomoric |
juvenile; immature |
| Venal |
corrupt; can be bribed |
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Group 2
| Archives |
collections of old records; place of storage of old documents |
| Clich� |
overused expression; something unoriginal |
| Disparage |
criticize; belittle |
| Flustered |
worked-up; not calm |
| Ingrate |
ungrateful person |
| Mercenary |
concerned only with money |
| Peccadillo |
minor weakness; trivial offence |
| Prot�g� |
person under protection of, or guided by another |
| Soporific |
inducing sleep |
| Veneer |
surface coating |
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Group 3
| Articulate |
clear; lucid; eloquent |
| Clientele |
customers |
| Disparity |
an inequality |
| Fly-by-night |
unreliable; disreputable |
| Inimical |
hostile |
| Mercurial |
volatile; changeable |
| Pedant |
person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning |
| Protocol |
procedure; code of behavior |
| Sparse |
spare; bare; meager |
| Venerate |
revere; worship |
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Group 4
| Artifice |
deception; trickery |
| Coalesce |
come together; merge |
| Dispassionate |
neutral; objective |
| Forensic |
concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence) |
| Innate |
inherited; inborn |
| Merge |
come together |
| Pedestrian |
common; mundane; banal |
| Provincial |
unsophisticated; narrow-minded |
| Specious |
false |
| Venial |
minor; unimportant |
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Group 5
| Artisan |
craftsman |
| Coddle |
pamper; fuss over; indulge |
| Disseminating |
circulating; broadcasting; spreading (information) |
| Fortitude |
bravery |
| Innocuous |
harmless; inoffensive |
| Metaphorically |
symbolically; figuratively |
| Peerless |
without equal |
| Prudent |
cautious; wise |
| Speckled |
spotted; freckled; dotted |
| Veracity |
truthfulness |
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Group 6
| Ascetic |
without luxuries; severely simple |
| Coercion |
force |
| Diurnal |
active in daytime |
| Fortuitous |
happening by chance |
| Innovate |
create; introduce something new |
| Meticulous |
very careful; painstaking |
| Pejorative |
derogatory |
| Puerile |
childish |
| Sporadic |
not continuous; intermittent |
| Verbose |
talkative; long-winded; rambling |
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Group 7
| Assiduous |
thorough; diligent |
| Cogent |
lucid; well argued |
| Divert |
1. entertain; 2. distract; 3. cause a detour |
| Fractious |
irritable; difficult to control |
| Inscrutable |
mysterious; impenetrable |
| Mettle |
courage; bravery; valor |
| Pellucid |
transparently clear |
| Punctilious |
paying attention to small details |
| Spurious |
false |
| Verbosity |
using too many words |
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Group 8
| Assuage |
to calm |
| Cogitate |
think over something; ponder |
| Docile |
gentle and easily lead |
| Fraudulent |
fake; false |
| Insentient |
unfeeling |
| Milieu |
environment |
| Pensive |
in a thoughtful mood; thinking deeply |
| Purloin |
steal |
| Stagnant |
still; not moving |
| Vertigo |
dizziness |
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Group 9
| Astute |
perceptive; sharp-witted |
| Collage |
picture made from fragments of other pictures |
| Dogmatic |
having stubbornly held opinions |
| Frivolous |
not serious |
| Insipid |
dull; bland; boring |
| Mire |
swamp; muddy ground |
| Penury |
poverty |
| Pusillanimous |
cowardly |
| Staid |
dull; sober; serious |
| Vestigial |
not developed |
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Group 10
| Asylum |
place of refuge or safety |
| Collate |
arrange in order |
| Dolt |
stupid person |
| Frugal |
economical; not wasting anything |
| Instigate |
to start; provoke |
| Misanthrope |
hater of the rest of mankind |
| Perceptive |
observant |
| Pyromania |
compulsion to start fires |
| Stanza |
section of a poem |
| Vignette |
small sketch |
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