Logophile: Common Threads

In each set of four words, which word does not belong, and what do the three remaining words have in common?

1. acerbic, balmy, mordant, sardonic

2. cavalier, copacetic, haughty, imperious

3. jejune, juvenile, pensive, puerile

4. behind, incorrect, left, privilege

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answers:

1) balmy (the others mean “biting, sarcastic”)

2) copacetic (“pompous”)

3) Pensive (“childish”)

4) behind (the others are antonyms of right)

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