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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