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Section 7 Word Group
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| shrewd | intelligent and cunning |
| prudent | wisely cautious |
| perceptive | intelligent and insightful |
| judicious | wise; sensible |
| astute | perceptive; intelligent |
| acuity/acute | sharpness; sensitivity in hearing, sight, insight, etc. |
| acumen | mental sharpness |
| keen | intelligent |
| incisive | sharp; keen alertness of mind |
| profound | having deep insight |
| perspicacious | intelligent |
| savant | a knowledgeable or learned person; a scholar |
| sage | a profoundly wise person |
| erudite | scholarly |
| lackadaisical | without vigor or determination; lazy |
| dawdle | to waste time |
| listless | lacking in spirit or energy |
| lethargic | lacking energy |
| sluggard | a lazy person |
| slothful | lazy |
| languid/languor | lack of energy |
| torpor/torpid | lack of energy or movement |
| indolent | lazy |
| lassitude | lack of energy |
| malinger | to fake illness in order to avoid work |
| discordant | harsh sounding; not harmonious |
| grating | harsh sounding |
| jarring | harsh sounding |
| dissonance | harsh sounding; not harmonious |
| putrid | rotten; decayed; foul; corrupt |
| acrid | sharply bitter in taste or scent |
| rancid | smelly and rotten |
| fetid | having an offensive smell |
| infamous | having an extremely bad reputation |
| notorious | unfavorably known; having a bad reputation |
| depravity | wickedness; moral corruption |
| nefarious | wicked; vile; evil |
| scurrilous | indecent; vulgar; gross; coarse |
| turpitude | wickedness |
| pretentious | overly self-important; arrogant |
| pompous | overly self-important; arrogant |
| patronizing | condescending in manner |
| bombastic | arrogant |
| haughty | overly proud; arrogant |
| supercilious | arrogant; overbearing |
| redundant | excessive; superfluous; wordy; repetitive |
| verbose | wordy; overly talkative; diffuse; redundant |
| garrulous | wordy; long-winded; loquacious |
| loquacious | given to excessive talking |
| voluble | talkative |
| desolate | deserted; barren; lifeless |
| barren | infertile; desolate |
| sterile | infertile |
| fallow | unused; unproductive farmland |
| shun | to avoid; to refuse to recognize |
| ostracize | to banish |
| pariah | an outcast; one who is rejected and despised |
| relegate | to dismiss to a lower position; to exile; to demote |
| arcane | known only by a select few |
| esoteric | known only by a select few |
| abstruse | profound and difficult to understand |
| recondite | profound and difficult to understand |
| irrevocable | unalterable; unchangeable |
| immutable | unchangeable |
| inexorable | inflexible; relentless |
| disputatious | contentious; argumentative |
| contentious | argumentative; quarrelsome |
| peevish | cross; ill-tempered; contrary; querulous |
| polemical | argumentative |
| surly | uncivil; rude; quarrelsome |
| petulant | unreasonably irritable |
| churlish | surly; uncivil; selfish; rude |
| pugnacity | combativeness; belligerence |
| querulous | complaining; irritable |
Created by:
Ms.Sherrie
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