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Family Practice

Group I

Banal
Humdrum
Parochial
Trite
Bigoted
Insipid
Pedestrian
Vapid
Chauvinistic
Insular
Platitude
Xenophobic
Clichd
Monotonous
Prosaic
Hackneyed
Moralistic
Provincial
Hidebound
Mundane
Puritanical

Dull, unoriginal, boring
Narrow minded

























Group II

Apostasy
Heresy
Mutineers
Sedition
Bellicose
Iconoclasm
Partisans
Seditionists
Belligerent
Impiety
Profanity
Subversives
Blasphemy
Insurgents
Pugnacious
Truculent
Contentious
Insurrectionists
Radicals
Volatile
Dissenters
Irascible
Renegades

Rebels
Speaking against orthodoxy
Aggressive, warlike





























Group III

Acquiescent
Amenable
Complaisant
Compliant
Contumacious

Docile
Dogged
Forward
Intractable
Intransient

Obdurate
Obstinate
Pliable
Recalcitrant
Submissive

Stubborn










Group IV

Bounty
Costive
Frugal
Generosity

Obedient








Largesse
Lavishness
Magnanimity
Munificence

Niggardly
Parsimonious
Penurious
Stingy

Generous









Group V

Chastened
Crestfallen
Cogitate
Deliberate
Contrite
Introspect

Feeling sorry, expressing regret



Tractable
Willful

Stinting
Tightfisted
Unstinting
Miserly

Penitent
Ponder
Remorseful

Repentant
Rueful
Ruminate

To think deeply about





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Group VI

Allay
Appease
Assuage
Enrage
Exasperate
Gall

Incense
Incite
Inflame
Infuriate
Mitigate
Mollify

Nettle
Pacify
Placate
Provoke
Rile
Soothe

Make angry













Group VII

Admonish
Berate
Castigate
Chastise

To clam (make less angry or less severe)













Chide
Civility
Courtesy
Decorum

Etiquette
Propriety
Rebuke
Reprimand

Scold








Taunt
Temper
Vex

Reproach
Seemliness
Upbraid

Good Correct behavior










Group VIII

Amateur
Bravura

Connoisseur
Fledgling

Maven
Neophyte

Novice
Professional

Beginner






Group IX

Beneficial
Benign
Expedient
Fetid

Expert




Insidious
Invigorating
Noisome
Pernicious

Pestilential
Propitious
Rancid
Salacious

Poisonous








Group X

Checkmate
Dilemma
Conundrum
Impasse
Deadlock
Predicament

Puzzle, confusing situation






Tyro
Virtuoso

Salubrious
Salutary
Toxic
Wholesome
Good

Quagmire
Quandary
Stalemate

Standstill

Situation with no way out






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