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Word Family Set 1

Group 1
Group the following words into their respective columns:
Animation
Apathy
Ardor
Fanaticism
Fervor
Impassivity

Indifference
Indolence
Inertia
Languid
Lassitude
Lethargy

Lack of Energy or interest

Nonchalance
Somnolent
Torpor
Vehemence
Verve
Vigor

Vim
Zeal
Zealot

Energy and Passion

Group 2
Group the following words into their respective columns:
Alienate
Bent
Eschew
Estrange

Inclination
Leaning
Penchant
Predilection

Liking for or Tendency toward

Proclivity
Propensity
Rebuff
Repudiate

Repulse
Snub
Spurn
Deny or Reject

Group 3
Group the following words into their respective columns:
Candor
Candid
Veracity
Probity
Frank
Aboveboard
Forthright
Scrupulous

Mendacity
Artifice
Fabricate
Dissimulate
Perjury
Guile
Dissemble
Hypocritical
Truth and Honesty

Duplicity
Unequivocal
Underhand
Ingenuous
Prevaricate
Rectitude
Sanctimonious
Conscientious
Deception
Fidelity
Disingenuous
Veritable
Equivocate
Upfront
Blunt
Perfidy
Telling lies and being deceitful

Group 4
Group the following words into their respective columns:
Protean
Whimsical
Chimerical
Mercurial
Capricious
Fickle
Erratic

Inconstant
Mutable
Wavering
Vacillating
Ambivalent
Irresolute
Dithering

Changeable or Uncertain

Stolid
Hidebound
Staid
Ossified
Monolithic
Immutable
Apathetic

Doltish
Lumpish
Obtuse
Phlegmatic
Torpid
Stoic
Imperturbable

Unchanging, dull and rigid

Group 5
Group the following words into their respective columns:
Central
Consequential
Epochal
Germane
Immaterial

Inconsequential
Irrelevant
Momentous
Paltry
Paramount
Important

Peripheral
Picayune
Pivotal
Puny
Relevant

Salient
Trifling
Trite
Trivial
Weighty
Unimportant

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