GRE word groups Flashcards by Mil G

abridge

abbreviated communication

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

compendium

abbreviated communication

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

cursory

abbreviated communication

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

curtail

abbreviated communication

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

syllabus

abbreviated communication

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

terse

abbreviated communication

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

apace

act quickly

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

headlong

act quickly

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

impetuous

act quickly

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

precipitate

act quickly

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

abet

assist

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

advocate

assist

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

ancillary

assist

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

bolster

assist

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

corroborate

assist

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

countenance

assist

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

espouse

assist

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

mainstay

assist

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

munificent

assist

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

proponent

assist

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

stalwart

assist

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

sustenance

assist

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

bilious

bad mood

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

dudgeon

bad mood

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

irascible

bad mood

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

pettish

bad mood

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

petulant

bad mood

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

pique

bad mood

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

querulous

bad mood

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

umbrage

bad mood

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

waspish

bad mood

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

dilettante

beginner / amateur

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

fledgling

beginner / amateur

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

novitiate

beginner / amateur

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

proselyte

beginner / amateur

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

burgeoning

beginning / young

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

callow

beginner / amateur

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

engender

beginner / amateur

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

inchoate

beginner / amateur

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

incipient

beginner / amateur

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

nascent

beginner / amateur

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

acerbic

bitter / cruel say

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

acidulous

bitter / cruel say

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

acrimonious

bitter / cruel say

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

asperity

bitter / cruel say

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

caustic

bitter / cruel say

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

mordacious

bitter / cruel say

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

mordant

bitter / cruel say

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

trenchant

bitter / cruel say

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

audacious

bold

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

dauntless

bold

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

banal

boring

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

fatuous

boring

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

hackneyed

boring / cliche

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

insipid

boring

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

mundane

boring

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

pedestrian

boring

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

platitude

boring

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

prosaic

boring

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

quotidian

boring

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

trite

boring

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

carousal

drinking party

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

bacchanalian

drinking party

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

debauchery

drinking party

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

depraved

like to party/ immoral

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

dissipated

like to party/ immoral

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

iniquity

immoral

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

libertine

like to party/ immoral

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

libidinous

driven by sex drive/ libido

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

licentious

sexually unrestrained

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

reprobate

immoral

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

ribald

vulgar

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

salacious

dirty / lustful

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

sordid

immorally dirty

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

turpitude

immoral

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

capricious

Changing quickly

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

mercurial

Changing quickly

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

volatile

Changing quickly

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

counterpart

copy

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

emulate

copy

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

facsimile

copy

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

factitious

copy / fake

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

paradigm

copy

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

precursor

copy

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

quintessence

copy

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

simulated

copy

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

vicarious

copy

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

aspersion

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

belittle

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

berate

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

calumny

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

castigate

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

decry

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

defamation

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

denounce

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

deride / derisive

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

diatribe

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

disparage

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

excoriate

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

gainsay

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

harangue

criticize / rant

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

impugn

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

inveigh

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

lambaste

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

objurgate

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

obloquy

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

opprobrium

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

pillory

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

rebuke

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

remonstrate

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

reprehend

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

reprove

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

revile

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

tirade

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

vituperate

criticize

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

bereave

death / mourn

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

defunct

death / mourn

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

demise

death / mourn

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

dolorous

death / mourn

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

elegy

death / mourn

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

knell

death / mourn

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

lament

death / mourn

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

macabre

death / mourn

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

moribund

death / mourn

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

obsequies

death / mourn

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

sepulchral

death / mourn

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

wraith

death / mourn

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

abnegate

denying of self

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

abstain

denying of self

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

ascetic

denying of self

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

spartan

denying of self

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

temperate

denying of self

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

authoritarian

dictatorial

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

despotic

dictatorial

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

dogmatic

dictatorial

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

hegemonic

dictatorial

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

imperious

dictatorial

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

peremptory

dictatorial

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

abstruse

hard to understand

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

ambiguous

hard to understand

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

arcane

hard to understand

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

bemusing

hard to understand / confusing

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

cryptic

hard to understand

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

enigmatic

hard to understand

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

esoteric

hard to understand

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

inscrutable

hard to understand

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

obscure

hard to understand

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

opaque

hard to understand

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

paradoxical

hard to understand / contradict

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

recondite

hard to understand

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

turbid

hard to understand

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

defile

disgusting / offensive

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

fetid

disgusting / offensive

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

invidious

disgusting / offensive

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

noisome

disgusting / offensive

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

odious

disgusting / offensive

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

putrid

disgusting / offensive

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

rebarbative

disgusting / offensive

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

articulate

clear / easy to understand

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

cogent

clear / easy to understand

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

eloquent

clear / easy to understand

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

limpid

clear / easy to understand

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

pellucid

clear / easy to understand

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

eccentric

weird / different

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

aberrant

weird / different

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

anachronism

weird / different

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

anomalous

weird / different

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

discrete

separated / different

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

eclectic

versatile / diverse

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

esoteric

understood by a certain group

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

abash

embarrass

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

chagrin

embarrass

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

compunction

embarrass

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

contrition

embarrass

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

diffidence

embarrass / low self confidence

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

expiate

embarrass

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

foible

embarrass

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

gaucherie

embarrass

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

rue

embarrass

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

iconoclast

weird / different

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

equity / equitable

equal

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

tantamount

equal

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

apocryphal

false

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

canard

false

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

chicanery

false

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

dissemble

false

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

duplicity

false

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

equivocate

false

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

erroneous

false

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

ersatz

false

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

feigned

false

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

guile

false

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

mendacious / mendacity

false

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

perfidy

false

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

prevaricate

false

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

specious

false

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

spurious

false

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

conjugal

family

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

consanguine

family

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

distaff

family

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

endogamous

family

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

filial

family

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

fratricide

family murder

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

progenitor

family

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

scion

family

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

impartial

fair / not biased

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

ardor / ardent

favor

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

doctrinaire

favor

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

fervid

favor

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

partisan

favor

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

tendentious

favor

zealot

favor

absolve

forgive

acquit

forgive

exculpate

forgive

exonerate

forgive

expiate

forgive

palliate

forgive

redress

forgive

vindicate

forgive

chortle

funny

droll

funny (ie: troll)

facetious

funny

flippant

funny / disrespectful

gibe

funny

jocular

funny

levity

funny

ludicrous

funny

raillery

funny

riposte

funny

simper

funny / smirk

abatement

gap / opening (*apartment)

aperture

gap / opening

fissure

gap / opening

hiatus

gap / opening

interregnum

gap / opening

interstice

gap / opening

lull

gap / opening (*lol)

orifice

gap / opening

rent

gap / opening

respite

gap / opening

rift

gap / opening

beneficent

kind

clement

kind

largess

kind

magnanimous

kind (*magnetic)

munificent

kind

philanthropic

kind

unstinting

kind

avaricious

greedy

covetous

greedy

mercenary

greedy

miserly

greedy

penurious

greedy

rapacious

greedy

venal

greedy

asperity

hard-hearted

baleful

hard-hearted / harmful

dour

hard-hearted

fell

hard-hearted / cause to fall or inflict pain

malevolent

hard-hearted / hostile

mordant

hard-hearted / grim

sardonic

hard-hearted

scathing

hard-hearted

truculent

hard-hearted

vitriolic

hard-hearted

vituperation

hard-hearted

baneful

harmful

deleterious

harmful

inimical

harmful

injurious

harmful

insidious

harmful

minatory

harmful

perfidious

harmful

pernicious

harmful

din

harsh-sounding

dissonant

harsh-sounding

raucous

harsh-sounding

strident

harsh-sounding

abhorrence

hatred

anathema

hatred

antagonism

hatred

detestation

hatred

enmity

hatred

loathing

hatred / disgust

malice

hatred

odium

hatred

rancor

hatred

beneficial

healthy

salubrious

healthy

salutary

healthy

dither

hesitate

oscillate

hesitate

teeter

hesitate

vacillate

hesitate

waver

hesitate

antithetic

hostile

churlish

hostile

curmudgeon

hostile

irascible

hostile

misanthropic

hostile

truculent

hostile

vindictive

hostile

credulous

innocent / inexperienced

gullible

innocent / inexperienced

ingenuous

innocent / inexperienced

novitiate

innocent / inexperienced

tyro

amateur / inexperienced

disingenuous

insincere

dissemble

insincere

fulsome

insincere

ostensible

insincere

unctuous

insincere

appraise

investigate

ascertain

investigate

assay

investigate

descry

investigate

peruse

investigate

sluggish

slow / lazy

indolent

lazy (*doll)

inert

lazy

lackadaisical

lazy

languid

lazy

lassitude

lazy

lethargic

lazy

phlegmatic

lazy

quiescent

lazy

slothful

lazy

torpid

lazy

adventitious

luck

amulet

luck

auspicious

luck

fortuitous

luck

kismet

luck

optimum

luck

portentous

luck

propitiate

luck

propitious

luck

providential

luck

talisman

luck

admonish

nag

belabor

nag

cavil

nag

enjoin

nag

exhort

nag

harangue

nag / rant

hector

nag

martinet

nag

remonstrate

nag

reproof

nag

noxious

harmful / toxic

fetid

gross

noisome

gross

askance

not a straight line / indirect

awry

not a straight line

careen

not a straight line

carom

not a straight line

circuitous

not a straight line

circumvent

not a straight line / avoid

gyrate

not a straight line

labyrinth

not a straight line

meander

not a straight line

oblique

not a straight line

serrated

not a straight line

sidle

not a straight line

sinuous

not a straight line / curvy

undulating

not a straight line

vortex

not a straight line / round

bombastic

overblown / wordy

circumlocution

overblown / wordy

garrulous

overblown / wordy

grandiloquent

overblown / wordy

loquacious

overblown / wordy

periphrastic

overblown / wordy

prolix

overblown / wordy

rhetoric

overblown / wordy

turgid

overblown / wordy

verbose

overblown / wordy

pacify

calm

ameliorate

calm / satisfy

appease

calm / satisfy

assuage

calm / satisfy

defer

calm / satisfy

mitigate

calm / reduce

mollify

calm / satisfy

placate

calm / satisfy

propitiate

calm / satisfy

satiate

calm / satisfy

slake

calm / satisfy

euphonious

pleasant sound

harmonious

pleasant sound

melodious

pleasant sound

sonorous

pleasant sound

destitute

poor

esurient

poor

impecunious

poor

indigent

poor

acclaim

praise

accolade

praise

aggrandize

praise

encomium

praise

eulogize

praise

extol

praise

fawn

praise

venerate / veneration

praise

augur

predict (*shrek)

auspice

predict (*spice)

fey

predict

harbinger

predict

portentous

predict

presage

predict

prescient

predict

prognosticate

predict

obstruct

block

discomfort

prevent / block

encumber

prevent / limit

fetter

prevent / block

forfend

prevent / block

hinder

prevent / block

impede

prevent / block

inhibit

prevent / block / weaken

occlude

prevent / block

astute

smart / learned

canny

smart / learned

erudite

smart / learned

perspicacious

smart / learned

disconsolate

sad

doleful

sad

dolor

sad

elegiac

sad

forlorn

sad

lament

sad

lugubrious

sad

morose

sad

plaintive

sad

threnody

sad

implacable

stubborn

inexorable

stubborn

intractable

stubborn

intransigent

stubborn

obdurate

stubborn

obstinate

stubborn

recalcitrant

stubborn

refractory

stubborn

renitent

stubborn

untoward

stubborn

vexing

stubborn

terse

brief and to the point

compendious

brief and to the point

curt

brief and to the point

laconic

brief and to the point

pithy

brief and to the point

succinct

brief and to the point

taciturn

quiet / reserved

anachronism

time / order

antecede

time / order

antedate

time / order

archaic

time / order

diurnal

time / order

eon

time / order

ephemeral

time / order

epoch

time / order

fortnight

time / order

millennium

time / order

penultimate

time / order

synchronous

time / order

temporal

time / order

craven

timid

diffident

timid / low confidence

pusillanimous

timid

recreant

timid

timorous

timid

trepidation

fear

candor

truth

fealty

truth

frankness

truth

indisputable

truth

indubitable

truth

legitimate

truth

probity

truth

sincere

truth

veracious

truth

verity

truth

idiosyncrasy

unusual

ambulatory

walking

itinerant

walking / wandering

peripatetic

walking / wandering

wandering

traveling about with no clear destination

discursive

wandering

expatiate

wandering

forage

wandering

itinerant

wandering

peregrination

wandering

sojourn

wandering

adulterate

weaken

enervate

weaken

exacerbate

weaken / make worst

inhibit

weaken

obviate

weaken

stultify

weaken

vitiate

weaken

adage

wisdom

aphorism

wisdom / statement of general truth

apothegm

wisdom

axiom

wisdom / statement of general truth

bromide

wisdom

dictum

wisdom

epigram

wisdom

platitude

wisdom

sententious

wisdom

truism

wisdom / obvious truth

abeyance

withdrawal / retreat

abjure

withdrawal / retreat

abnegation

withdrawal / retreat

abortive

withdrawal / retreat

abrogate

withdrawal / retreat

decamp

withdrawal / retreat

demur

withdrawal / retreat

recant

withdrawal / retreat

recidivism

withdrawal / retreat

remission

withdrawal / retreat

renege

withdrawal / retreat

rescind

withdrawal / retreat

retrograde

withdrawal / retreat

GRE word groups Flashcards

practice word groups