Group 2 (GregMat Gre)

adulterate

to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element

advocate

one who supports or promotes the interests of a cause or group

aggrandize

to make great or greater , add details to (aggregate + grand)

alacrity

liveliness and eagerness

ambivalent

uncertain or unable to decide, conflicted, equivalent

ameliorate

to make better or more tolerable (deteriorate=degrade, ameliorate=make better)

amenable

capable of submission, obedient (a+mend+able)

anachronistic

an error in chronology

audacious

recklessly bold (audacity)

avaricious

greedy, acquisitive

banal

lacking originality, freshness; INSIPID

benign

showing kindness and gentleness; harmless; Latin root bene, which means "well."

brazen

marked by shameless or disrespectful boldness, AUDACIOUS

calumny

a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation, (call-u-names / 'kalmuhi')

candid

marked by honest sincere expression, direct, frank

castigate

to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism

caustic

marked by incisive sarcasm

construe

to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part); INTERPRET

contrite

feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin or shortcoming (con-trite=can't right=I can't do anything right so I'm sorry)

convoluted

complex, intricate (kon-vo-lute)

covet

desire, crave

craven

coward

decorum

the conventions of polite behavior

deft

skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands (if you do theft which means you are skillful)

demur

OBJECT (damn-u-r-wrong)

derivative

something derived

desiccate

to preserve (a food) by drying, dried

diatribe

verbal attack, HARANGUE (di-tribe=two tribes fighting)

incredulous

unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : SKEPTICAL

ingenuous

showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness (in+genuine)