Vocabulary 

GROUP ONE

1.      temper: to moderate, to soften (verb)

2.      sage: wise person (noun)

3.      lethargic: tired, languid, weak (adjective)

4.      jeopardy: danger (noun)

5.      mitigate: to make milder, to make less severe (verb)

6.      orthodox: standard, commonly accepted, conventional (adjective)

7.      insipid: bland, boring, tasteless (adjective)

8.      taciturn: quiet, saying little (adjective)

9.      dogmatic: stubbornly opinionated (adjective)

10.  extraneous: irrelevant, extra, unnecessary (adjective)

GROUP TWO

1.      meander: to wander randomly (intransitive verb)

2.      fickle: unpredictable, capricious, whimsical (adjective)

3.      scrutinize: to examine closely (verb)

4.      ameliorate: to make better, to improve (verb)

5.      innocuous: harmless (adjective)

6.      blasphemy: heretical departure from accepted practice (noun)

7.      esoteric: understood only by a select few (adjective)

8.      pretentious: pompous, self-important (adjective)

9.      blithe: free-spirited, carefree (adjective)

10.  avarice: greed (noun)

GROUP THREE

1.      hedonistic: pleasure-seeking, indulgent (adjective)

2.      slander: to defame, to speak maliciously of someone (verb)

3.      hackneyed: overused, trite, banal (adjective)

4.      amass: to accumulate, to pile up (verb)

5.      fortuitous: accidental, happening by chance or luck (adjective)

6.      assuage: to soothe (verb)

7.      verbose: wordy, overly talkative (adjective)

8.      supercilious: haughty, arrogant (adjective)

9.      objective: without bias, opposite of subjective (adjective)

10.  revere: to worship, adore, or honor (verb)

GROUP FOUR

1.      banal: dull, ordinary, common (adjective)

2.      sycophant: a brown noser (noun)

3.      censor: to delete objectionable matter (verb)

4.      complacent: self-satisfied, overly confident (adjective)

5.      virtue: moral excellence (noun)

6.      solitude: the state of being alone (noun)

7.      tentative: temporary, not final (adjective)

8.      expedite: to make faster or easier (verb)

9.      irrational: unreasonable, unpredictable (adjective)

10.  intangible: not capable of being touched or felt, abstract (adjective)

GROUP FIVE

1.      compatible: able to co-exist, harmonious (adjective)

2.      exhaustive: thorough, complete (adjective)

3.      authoritarian: like a dictator (adjective)

4.      redundant: superfluous, unnecessary, repetitive (adjective)

5.      fervor: passion, zeal, great enthusiasm (noun)

6.      incessant: never ending, unceasing (adjective)

7.      ephemeral: short-lived, fleeting, transitory (adjective)

8.      brevity: the quality of being brief, short (noun)

9.      acclaim: praise, applause, admiration (noun)

10.  indolence: laziness (noun)