GRE Word Groups Flashcards

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BOLD

A

audacious
courageous
dauntless

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CHANGING QUICKLY

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capricious
mercurial
volatile

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HESITATE

A
dither
vacillate
oscillate
waver
teeter
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4
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ACT QUICKLY

A
apace
impetuous
abrupt
precipitate
headlong
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INNOCENTIINEXPERIENCED

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credulous
gullible
ingenuous 
novitiate
naive
tyro
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DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND

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

A
articulate
evident
pellucid
cogent
limpid
eloquent
lucid
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SMART/LEARNED

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astute
perspicacious
canny
erudite

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CRITICIZE/CRITICISM - 1

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aspersion
calumny
defamation
diatribe
gainsay
inveigh
objurgate
remonstrate
reprove
vituperate
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CRITICIZE/CRITICISM - 2

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belittle
castigate
denounce
disparage
harangue
lambaste
opprobrium
rebuke
revile
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CRITICIZE/CRITICISM - 3

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berate
decry
deridelderisive
excoriate
impugn
obloquy
pillory
reprehend
tirade
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