GRE Word Groups Flashcards by W M

abridge
compendium
cursory
curtail
syllabus
synopsis
terse

abbreviated communication

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abrupt
apace
headlong
impetuous
precipitate

act quickly

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abet
advocate
ancillary
bolster
corroborate
countenance
espouse
mainstay
munificent
proponent
stalwart
sustenance

assist

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bilious
dudgeon
irascible
pettish
petulant
pique
querulous
umbrage
waspish

bad mood

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dilettante
fledgling
neophyte
novitiate
proselyte
tyro

beginner/amateur

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burgeoning
callow
engender
inchoate
incipient
nascent

beginning/young

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acerbic
acidulous
acrimonious
asperity
caustic
mordacious
mordant
trenchant

biting (as in wit or temperament)

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audacious
courageous
dauntless

bold

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banal
hackneyed
insipid
mundane
pedestrian
platitude
prosaic
quotidian
trite

boring

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bacchanalian
debauchery
depraved
dissipated
iniquity
libertine
libidinous
licentious
reprobate
ribald
salacious
sordid
turpitude

carousal - revelry in drinking, bender, booze-up

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capricious
mercurial
volatile

changing quickly

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counterpart
emulate
facsimile
factitious
paradigm
precursor
simulate
vicarious

copy

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aspersion
belittle
berate
calumny
castigate
decry
defame/defamation
denounce
deride/derisive
diatribe
disparage
excoriate
gainsay
harangue
impugn
inveigh
lambaste
objurgate
obloquy
opprobrium
pillory
rebuke
remonstrate
reprehend
reprove
revile
tirade
vituperate

criticize/criticism

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bereave
cadaver
defunct
demise
dolorous
elegy
knell
lament
macabre
moribund
obsequies
sepulchral
wraith

death/mourning

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abnegate
abstain
ascetic
spartan
stoic
temperate

denying of self

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authoritarian
despotic
dogmatic
hegemonic/hegemony
imperious
peremptory
tyrannical

dictatorial

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abstruse
ambiguous
arcane
bemusing
cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
inscrutable
obscure
opaque
paradoxical
perplexing
recondite
turbid

difficult to understand

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defile
fetid
invidious
noisome
odious
putrid
rebarbative

disgusting/offensive

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articulate
cogent
eloquent
evident
limpid
lucid
pellucid

easy to understand

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aberrant
anachronism
anomalous
discrete
eclectic
esoteric
iconoclast

eccentric/dissimilar

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abash
chagrin
compunction
contrition
diffidence
expiate
foible
gaucherie
rue

embarrass

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equitable
equity
tantamount

equal

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apocryphal
canard
chicanery
dissemble
duplicity
equivocate
erroneous
ersatz
fallacious
feigned
guile
mendacious/mendacity
perfidy
prevaricate
specious
spurious

falsehood

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conjugal
consanguine
distaff
endogamous
filial
fraternal
fratricide
progenitor
scion
sorority

family

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ardent/ardor doctrinaire fervid partisan tendentious zealot

favoring/not impartial

absolve acquit exculpate exonerate expiate palliate redress vindicate

forgive/make amends

chortle droll facetious flippant gibe jocular levity ludicrous raillery riposte simper

funny

abatement aperture fissure hiatus interregnum interstice lull orifice rent respite rift

gaps/openings

altruistic beneficent clement largess magnanimous munificent philanthropic unstinting

generous/kind

avaricious covetous mercenary miserly penurious rapacious venal

greedy

asperity baleful dour fell malevolent mordant sardonic scathing truculent vitriolic vituperation

hard-hearted

baleful baneful deleterious inimical injurious insidious minatory perfidious pernicious

harmful

cacophony din dissonant raucous strident

harsh-sounding

abhorrence anathema antagonism antipathy detestation enmity loathing malice odium rancor

hatred

beneficial salubrious salutary

healthy

dither oscillate teeter vacillate waver

hesistate

antithetic churlish curmudgeon irascible malevolent misanthropic truculent vindictive

hostile

credulous gullible ingenuous naive novitiate tyro

innocent/inexperienced

disingenuous dissemble fulsome ostensible unctuous

insincere

appraise ascertain assay descry peruse

investigate

indolent inert lackadaisical languid lassitude lethargic phlegmatic quiescent slothful torpid

lazy/sluggish

amulet auspicious fortuitous kismet optimum portentous propitiate propitious providential serendipity talisman

luck

admonish belabor cavil enjoin exhort harangue hector martinet remonstrate reproof

nag

fetid noisome noxious

nasty

askance awry careen carom circuitous circumvent gyrate labyrinth meander oblique serrated sidle sinuous undulating vortex

not a straight line

bombastic circumlocution garrulous grandiloquent loquacious periphrastic prolix rhetoric turgid verbose

overblown/wordy

ameliorate appease assuage defer mitigate mollify placate propitiate satiate slake soothe

pacify/satisfy

euphonious harmonious melodious sonorous

pleasant-sounding

destitute esurient impecunious indigent

poor

acclaim accolade aggrandize encomium eulogize extol fawn laud/laudatory venerate/veneration

praise

augur auspice fey harbinger portentous precursor presage prescient prognosticate

predict

discomfit encumber fetter forfend hinder impede inhibit occlude

prevent/obstruct

astute canny erudite perspicacious

smart/learned

disconsolate doleful dolor elegiac forlorn lament lugubrious melancholy morose plaintive threnody

sorrow

implacable inexorable intractable intransigent obdurate obstinate recalcitrant refractory renitent untoward vexing

stubborn

compendious curt laconic pithy succint taciturn

terse

anachronism antecede antedate anterior archaic diurnal eon ephemeral epoch fortnight millennium penultimate synchronous temporal

time/order/duration

craven diffident pusillanimous recreant timorous trepidation

timid/timidity

candor/candid fealty frankness indisputable indubitable legitimate probity sincere veracious verity

truth

aberration anomaly iconoclast idiosyncrasy

unusual

ambulatory itinerant meander peripatetic

walking about

discursive expatiate forage itinerant peregrination peripatetic sojourn

wandering

adulterate enervate exacerbate inhibit obviate stultify undermine vitiate

weaken

adage aphorism apothegm axiom bromide dictum epigram platitude sententious truism

wisdom

abeyance abjure abnegation abortive abrogate decamp demur recant recidivism remission renege rescind retrograde

withdrawal/retreat