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What does the word 'audacious' imply?
Which word describes someone who is easily persuaded?
What does 'calumny' mean?
Which term refers to behavior in keeping with good taste?
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What is the meaning of 'convoluted'?
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What does 'abound' mean?
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What is the meaning of 'amorphous'?
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How would you describe someone who is 'capricious'?
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What does 'daunting' imply?
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Which of the following best defines 'didactic'?
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What does 'quixotic' mean?
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What does it mean to 'placate' someone?
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How is someone described if they are 'taciturn'?
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Study Notes
Group 1 Vocabulary
- Abound: To exist in large numbers or amounts.
- Amorphous: Lacking a clearly defined shape or form.
- Austere: Characterized by strictness in manner and absence of comforts or luxuries.
- Belie: To fail in giving a true impression of something; to contradict or fail to justify.
- Capricious: Marked by sudden changes of mood; unpredictable or fickle in nature.
- Cerebral: Relating to the brain; emphasizing intellectual abilities over physical ones.
- Congenial: Pleasant or agreeable, particularly because it is well-suited to one's tastes or interests.
- Conspicuous: Clearly visible; attracting attention or notice effortlessly.
- Cursory: Done hastily and therefore lacking thoroughness or attention to detail.
- Daunting: Causing fear or discouragement; difficult to deal with.
- Deify: To worship or regard as a god.
- Didactic: Intended to instruct, often to a degree that seems patronizing.
- Disseminate: To spread something widely, such as information or ideas.
- Feasible: Possible to do conveniently or easily; achievable under realistic conditions.
- Flout: To openly disregard rules or conventions; to mock or scoff at.
- Homogeneous: Composed of elements of the same kind; uniform in composition or character.
- Humdrum: Lacking excitement, variety; monotonous and boring.
- Insipid: Lacking taste or interest; dull and unexciting.
- Loquacious: Excessively talkative; verbose in conversation.
- Misanthropic: Disliking or distrusting humankind; showing a general disdain for people.
- Misnomer: An inaccurate name or designation that misrepresents the subject.
- Negligent: Failing to take proper care in doing something, often leading to negative consequences.
- Obsequious: Excessively submissive or deferential; overly obedient to an inflexible degree.
- Placate: To calm or lessen someone’s anger or dissatisfaction.
- Proclivity: A natural or habitual tendency to choose or do something regularly.
- Puerile: Childishly silly; immature in behavior or demeanor.
- Quixotic: Extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical in pursuit of ideals.
- Spendthrift: A person who spends money irresponsibly; extravagant.
- Taciturn: Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
- Wary: Cautious or careful about potential dangers or problems.
Group 2 Vocabulary
- Adulterate: To make something poorer in quality by adding a different substance.
- Advocate: To publicly support or recommend a particular cause or policy.
- Aggrandize: To increase someone’s power, status, or reputation.
- Alacrity: Eager and cheerful readiness to respond or act.
- Ambivalent: Experiencing mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something.
- Ameliorate: To make a bad situation or condition better; improve.
- Amenable: Open to suggestions; easily persuaded or influenced.
- Anachronistic: Describing something that belongs to a different time period, often sounding outdated.
- Audacious: Describing a willingness to take bold risks, often showing a lack of respect.
- Avaricious: Exhibiting extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
- Banal: Lack of originality, making something obvious and boring.
- Benign: Kind and gentle; not harmful to health or the environment.
- Brazen: Bold and shameless; lacking any sense of modesty.
- Calumny: A false or slanderous statement made about someone to tarnish their reputation.
- Candid: Honest and straightforward in expression or communication.
- Castigate: To reprimand someone severely; to criticize harshly.
- Caustic: Sarcastic in a bitter manner; capable of damaging or destroying.
- Construe: To interpret something in a specific way.
- Contrite: Showing remorse or regret for wrongdoing; feeling sorrow for mistakes.
- Convoluted: Extremely complex; difficult to follow due to its intricacy.
- Covet: To desire wrongfully or eagerly something that belongs to someone else.
- Craven: Lacking courage; cowardly in nature.
- Decorum: Behavior that aligns with good taste and propriety; proper conduct.
- Deft: Demonstrating skill and cleverness in action or movement.
- Demur: To raise objections or show reluctance to comply.
- Derivative: Imitative of someone else's work; lacking originality.
- Desiccate: To remove moisture completely; to dry out thoroughly.
- Diatribe: A bitter and forceful verbal attack or criticism.
- Incredulous: Unwilling or unable to believe something; skeptical in nature.
- Ingenuous: Innocent, naive, or unsuspecting; lacking sophistication.
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