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Section 10 Word Grp.
Section 10 Word Group
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| banal | common; dull; ordinary |
| cliche | an unoriginal and overused expression |
| conventional | commonplace; ordinary |
| hackneyed | overused; unoriginal; dull |
| insipid | dull; stupid |
| monotonous | boring; without variation; repetitiously dull |
| mundane | dull; ordinary; not spiritual |
| pedestrian | common; ordinary |
| platitude | a trite remark |
| prosaic | dull; tedious; ordinary |
| quotidian | daily; trivial; commonplace |
| tedious | boring; wearisome; tiresome |
| vapid | dull; flat and ininteresting |
| copious | abundant |
| deluge | a great flood; in a heavy rush |
| glut | to fill to excess |
| inundate | to flood or overwhelm |
| plethora | overabundance |
| profusion | a great abundance |
| replete | full |
| rife | abundant; widespread |
| sated | overly full |
| satiate | to fill to excess |
| spate | abundance |
| superfluous | surplus; excessive |
| surfeit | to fill to excess |
| coarseness | rough or crude in manner |
| crass | gross; stupid; insensitive |
| impropriety | an improper remark or act |
| indecorous | unbecoming; unseemly; in poor taste; improper |
| libertine | a person who lives an immoral life |
| licentious | lacking moral restraint; disregard for correctness |
| philistine | person lacking in taste and judgment |
| ribald | crude and offensive; irreverent; course or indecent |
| artless | honest; innocent |
| aver | to declare to be true |
| candid | sincere; outspoken; frank; straightforward |
| ingenuous | innocent; childlike simplicity and candidness |
| paradox | statement which seems to contradict, but contains truth |
| plausible | seemingly true |
| probity | honesty; integrity |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity |
| veracity/verity | truth; truthfulness |
| augur | to foretell or make a prophesy |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows future events |
| herald | to announce; to foretell |
| presage | to foretell; to predict |
| prescient | having knowledge of the future |
| prophesy | a foretelling of the future |
| abstemious | spare or moderate in eating or drinking |
| ascetic | one who lives without luxury and practices self-denial |
| austere | without luxury |
| rigorous | strict; harsh; severe |
| spartan | marked by strict discipline or self-denial |
| stringent | strict; harsh; severe |
| contravene | to conflict with; argue |
| discord | disagreement; conflict |
| dissent | discord; disagreement; to disagree (verb) |
| strife | struggle; violent conflict |
| insular | narrow-minded |
| parochial | narrow-minded; limited in experience |
| provincial | narrow-minded; unsophisticated |
| sectarian | member of a particular sect; narrow-minded |
| animate | to give life or motion to |
| compel | to force someone to do something |
| engender | to cause to exist; to produce |
| exhort | to urge strongly |
| foment | to promote the growth of; to stir up |
| hearten | to encourage |
| impel | to force someone to do something |
| inspirit | to hearten; to raise someone's spirit |
| kindle | to start a fire; to arouse; to stir up; to foster |
| precipitate | to cause to happen before expected |
| whet | to excite or stimulate; to make more keen or more acute |
| eclectic | composed of varied elements |
| heterogeneous | composed of varied elements |
| motley | consisting of many colors or elements |
| multifarious | varied |
| pastiche | made up of differing elements |
| variegated | varied in appearance or color |
Created by:
Ms.Sherrie
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