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eclectic

adjective/ɪˈklektɪk/

B2CEFR level
33/100Rarity: fairly common
NeutralRegister

Deriving ideas or style from a broad and diverse range of sources.

Her eclectic taste in music ranged from opera to grime.

Similar: varied, diverse, wide-ranging

Topic: Cambridge C2 (part 2) in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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