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Word Groups
Memorize the meaning with the group heading. This will help you not only in addressing Sentence Completion or Reading Comprehension questions, but also in enriching word usage and variation in your Essay.
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Mastering “Word Groups” for SAT Success

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aetate

extant

illuminate

manifest

 

manifest

ostensible

 

 

Ordinary

bourgeois

cliche

derivative

mundane

 

perfunctory

prosaic

banality

 

Organisms

avian

carnivorous

devour

grove

 

pigment

pollinate

sprout

verdant

Organization

exacting

indiscriminately

ledger

 

Organized

conduit

orderly

roster

scour

Ornate

convoluted

embellish

extravagant

fanfare

 

florid

ornate

 

 

Peaceable

contrite

composed (adj.)

impassive

mediate

 

serene

serenity

solace

tranquil

 

yield

 

 

 

People

bard

anthropocentrism

cartographer

clientele

 

curator

demeanor

emissary

glutton

 

gourmand

morality

interlocutor

lyricist

 

matriarch

protagonist

 

 

Permanent

immutable

pervasive

unalterable

preserve

 

rehash

 

 

 

Praise

exalt

celebrated (adj.)

commemorate

exemplary

 

extol

plaudits

revere

sycophant

 

adulation

 

 

 

Pretentious

affectation

ostentatious

grandiose

flaunt

 

pompous

pretentious

 

 

Productive

efficacious

efficient

flourish (v.)

fertile

 

industrious

mechanism

pursuit

utilitarian

 

arable

 

 

 

Proud

boast

condescending

conceited

braggart

 

confident

diffident

dignity

egotist

 

exaggerate

haughty

immoderate

narcissism

 

smug

sanctimonious

awe