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