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The document provides a list of 100 vocabulary words organized into 10 groups. Each group contains 10 words along with their definitions. The words range from common to more advanced vocabulary and cover a variety of topics.

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Word List 02

The document provides a list of 100 vocabulary words organized into 10 groups. Each group contains 10 words along with their definitions. The words range from common to more advanced vocabulary and cover a variety of topics.

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rohitmaiya
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Advanced vocabulary development Ages PSAT SAT GRE

16+

Word list 2
Group 1
Acrid sharp; pungent (used of smells and tastes)

Boorish ill-mannered

Cynical believing that people act only out of selfish motives

Epistle a letter (form of communication)

Heresy against orthodox opinion

Lance spear; spike; javelin

Obscure difficult to understand; partially hidden

Poignant deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions

Respite a break; intermission

Terse concise; to the point

Group 2
fear of heights
Acrophobia
middle class
Bourgeois
weakness; incapacity
Debility
concerned with letters; through correspondence
Epistolary
interruption; pause
Hiatus
tired; slow
Languid
hidden; covered; buried
Obscured
calm; collected; self-possessed
Poised
shining; glowing
Resplendent
medicinal; curative
Therapeutic

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Group 3

Acuity sharpness (mental or visual)

Braggart someone who boasts

Debunking exposing false claims or myths

Epitomized typified; characterized; personified

Hidebound rigid in opinions

Languish decay; fade away; get weaker

Obsequious servile; submissive

Polemical causing debate or argument

Restorative a tonic

Thwart prevent; frustrate

Group 4

Adamant forceful; inflexible

Brawny muscular

Decathlon an athletic competition with ten events

Equivocate speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth


1. picture writing; 2. writing which is difficult to read
Hieroglyphics
or enigmatic
Larceny theft; robbery; stealing

Obsession a dominating concern

Ponderous weighty; slow and heavy

Retention preservation; withholding

Timorous cowardly; fearful

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Group 5

Adroit skilful

Brevity being brief

Decorum dignified, correct behavior [decorous (a)]

Err make a mistake

Hinder obstruct

Largess generosity

Obsolete no longer valid

Pontificate speak pompously or dogmatically


restrained; holding something back;
Reticent
uncommunicative
Tirade stream of verbal abuse

Group 6

Adulation strong admiration; worship

Bristle to show irritation

Decoy lure; trap; trick

Erratic wandering; irregular

Histrionic theatrical; exaggerated

Laud praise

Obstreperous noisy and boisterous

Portend foretell

Retraction withdrawal; cancellation of a statement

Titter giggle quietly

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Group 7

Adversity hardship

Broach start to discuss; approach

Deference respect

Esoteric obscure and difficult to understand

Hoary old

Lavish on a grand scale; wasteful

Obtuse mentally dull

Portent a warning sign; omen

Revere worship

Tome large book

Group 8

Advocate support

Brusque blunt; abrupt

Defoliate cause leaves to fall off

Espouse promote; take up; support

Hone sharpen; increase; whet

Lax careless; not strict

Obviate avoid; make unnecessary

Poseur someone who puts on an act

Riddled full of (usually full of holes)

Torpid inactive; lazy; stagnant

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Group 9

Aesthetic concerning art or beauty

Bulwark fortification; barricade; wall

Defunct no longer in existence

Etymology the study of word origins

Hyperbole grossly exaggerated speech

Legend 1. key to map; 2. myth or story

Odious hateful

Posterity future generations

Rife common

Torpor dormancy; sluggishness; inactivity

Group 10

Affable friendly; social; easygoing

Bureaucracy officialdom

Degradation deprivation; poverty; debasement

Eulogy praise
a person obsessed with health; having imaginary
Hypochondriac
illnesses
Legion in large numbers

Officious domineering; intrusive; meddlesome

Posthumous after death

Rigor thoroughness

Totter walk unsteadily

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