<p>Here’s an example I ran across today during one of my practice sections.</p>
<p>The cafe attracts a _____ clientele: a startlingly hetereogenous group of people collects there.</p>
<p>A) motley
B) callous
C) languid
D) mysterious
E) humane</p>
<p>What I’m thinking…</p>
<p>A) Dont know what this is
B) From one of the first 100 direct hits words I memorized, I know this means “emotionally hardened” which makes no sense here
C) Dont know what this is
D) Doesnt fit for a fact
E) Doesnt fit for a fact</p>
<p>No what do you people do here? I know it has to be either motley or languid… What words do you attribute to these words? They both sound sorta positiveish but I was stumped and guessed languid. The answer was motley.</p>
<p>A) Recall Motley Creu, don’t know what this is
B) Callous means harsh
C) Sounds dreary or depressing
D and E) No
So heterogeneous means eclectic or something like that, Motley Creu sounds like a crew of misfits on a pirate ship to me=eclectic(?) so I would go with A, which I’m pretty sure is right</p>
<p>Well, I know B, D, and E are definitely wrong. I’m not exactly sure of “languid,” and I really don’t know “motley,” but “languid” sounds like “languish,” which is associated with sadness, etc. So I’d pick A.</p>
<p>EDIT: Turns out “languish” means to lose or lack vitality, and “motley” means “exhibiting great diversity,” so the answer’s definitely A.</p>
<p>The cafe attracts a _____ clientele: a startlingly heterogeneous group of people collects there.</p>
<p>The above bold-faced word is the clue.
Find the synonym for heterogenous.
Motley, ain’t it? Both of the words mean “having diverse elements”.
OP’s got the second word’s definition correctly. It means emotionally hardened/stiffened/stoic.
languid means lacking in enthusiasm, so it has nothing to do with heterogenous.
I bet you know mysterious.
humane means compassionate, or caring for the well-being of others.</p>
<p>This was my thinking:</p>
<p>A) Wow this means diverse. So it works. I shouldn’t even bother with the other choices!
B) No
C) Don’t know lol
D) No
E) No</p>