Set: Major Test Vocabulary, 7 of 10
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All 100 Terms
| | Term | Definition |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Most Missed Words
- Clemency → mercy - 1 miss
- Flout → defy; reject - 1 miss
- Ingénue → naïve, unsophisticated person - 1 miss
- Mendacious → given to lying - 1 miss
- Paucity → shortage - 1 miss
- Disparage → criticize; belittle - 1 miss
- Mercenary → concerned only with money - 1 miss