GRE Word Groups Flashcards
1
Q
abridge
A
Abbreviated Communication
2
Q
compendium
A
Abbreviated Communication
3
Q
cursory
A
Abbreviated Communication
4
Q
curtail
A
Abbreviated Communication
5
Q
syllabus
A
Abbreviated Communication
6
Q
synopsis
A
Abbreviated Communication
7
Q
terse
A
Abbreviated Communication
8
Q
abrupt
A
Act Quickly
9
Q
apace
A
Act Quickly
10
Q
headlong
A
Act Quickly
11
Q
impetuous
A
Act Quickly
12
Q
precipitate
A
Act Quickly
13
Q
abet
A
Assist
14
Q
advocate
A
Assist
15
Q
ancillary
A
Assist
16
Q
bolster
A
Assist
17
Q
corroborate
A
Assist
18
Q
countenance
A
Assist
19
Q
espouse
A
Assist
20
Q
mainstay
A
Assist
21
Q
munificent
A
Assist
22
Q
proponent
A
Assist
23
Q
stalwart
A
Assist
24
Q
sustenance
A
Assist
25
bilious
Bad Mood
26
dudgeon
Bad Mood
27
irascible
Bad Mood
28
pettish
Bad Mood
29
petulant
Bad Mood
30
pique
Bad Mood
31
querulous
Bad Mood
32
umbrage
Bad Mood
33
waspish
Bad Mood
34
dilettante
Beginner/ Amateur
35
fledgling
Beginner/ Amateur
36
neophyte
Beginner/ Amateur
37
novitiate
Beginner/ Amateur
38
proselyte
Beginner/ Amateur
39
tyro
Beginner/ Amateur
40
burgeoning
Beginning/ Young
41
callow
Beginning/ Young
42
engender
Beginning/ Young
43
inchoate
Beginning/ Young
44
incipient
Beginning/ Young
45
nascent
Beginning/ Young
46
acerbic
Biting (Wit, Temperament)
47
acidulous
Biting (Wit, Temperament)
48
acrimonious
Biting (Wit, Temperament)
49
asperity
Biting (Wit, Temperament)
50
caustic
Biting (Wit, Temperament)
51
mordacious
Biting (Wit, Temperament)
52
mordant
Biting (Wit, Temperament)
53
trenchant
Biting (Wit, Temperament)
54
audacious
Bold
55
courageous
Bold
56
dauntless
Bold
57
intrepid
Bold
58
banal
Boring
59
hackneyed
Boring
60
insipid
Boring
61
mundane
Boring
62
pedestrian
Boring
63
platitude
Boring
64
prosaic
Boring
65
quotidian
Boring
66
trite
Boring
67
bacchanalian
Carousal
68
debauchery
Carousal
69
depraved
Carousal
70
dissipated
Carousal
71
iniquity
Carousal
72
libertine
Carousal
73
libidinous
Carousal
74
licentious
Carousal
75
reprobate
Carousal
76
ribald
Carousal
77
salacious
Carousal
78
sordid
Carousal
79
turpitude
Carousal
80
capricious
Changing Quickly
81
mercurial
Changing Quickly
82
volatile
Changing Quickly
83
counterpart
Copy
84
emulate
Copy
85
fascimile
Copy
86
factitious
Copy
87
paradigm
Copy
88
precursor
Copy
89
quintessence
Copy
90
simulate
Copy
91
vicarious
Copy
92
aspersion
Criticize
93
belittle
Criticize
94
berate
Criticize
95
calumny
Criticize
96
castigate
Criticize
97
decry
Criticize
98
defame
Criticize
99
denounce
Criticize
100
deride
Criticize
101
diatribe
Criticize
102
disparage
Criticize
103
excoriate
Criticize
104
gainsay
Criticize
105
harangue
Criticize
106
impugn
Criticize
107
inveigh
Criticize
108
lambaste
Criticize
109
objurgate
Criticize
110
obloquy
Criticize
111
opprobrium
Criticize
112
pillory
Criticize
113
rebuke
Criticize
114
remonstrate
Criticize
115
reprehend
Criticize
116
reprove
Criticize
117
revile
Criticize
118
tirade
Criticize
119
vituperate
Criticize
120
bereave
Death/ Mourning
121
cadaver
Death/ Mourning
122
defunct
Death/ Mourning
123
demise
Death/ Mourning
124
dolorous
Death/ Mourning
125
elegy
Death/ Mourning
126
knell
Death/ Mourning
127
lament
Death/ Mourning
128
macabre
Death/ Mourning
129
recondite
Death/ Mourning
130
turbid
Death/ Mourning
131
defile
Disgusting/ Offensive
132
fetid
Disgusting/ Offensive
133
invidious
Disgusting/ Offensive
134
noisome
Disgusting/ Offensive
135
odious
Disgusting/ Offensive
136
putrid
Disgusting/ Offensive
137
rebarbative
Disgusting/ Offensive
138
malodorous
Disgusting/ Offensive
139
articulate
Easy to Understand
140
cogent
Easy to Understand
141
eloquent
Easy to Understand
142
evident
Easy to Understand
143
limpid
Easy to Understand
144
lucid
Easy to Understand
145
pellucid
Easy to Understand
146
aberrant
Eccentric/ Dissimilar
147
anachronism
Eccentric/ Dissimilar
148
anomalous
Eccentric/ Dissimilar
149
discrete
Eccentric/ Dissimilar
150
eclectic
Eccentric/ Dissimilar
151
esoteric
Eccentric/ Dissimilar
152
iconoclast
Eccentric/ Dissimilar
153
abash
Embarrass
154
chagrin
Embarrass
155
compunction
Embarrass
156
contrition
Embarrass
157
diffidence
Embarrass
158
expiate
Embarrass
159
foible
Embarrass
160
gaucheries
Embarrass
161
rue
Embarrass
162
equitable
Equal
163
equity
Equal
164
tantamount
Equal
165
apocryphal
Falsehood
166
canard
Falsehood
167
chicanery
Falsehood
168
dissemble
Falsehood
169
duplicity
Falsehood
170
equivocate
Falsehood
171
erroneous
Falsehood
172
ersatz
Falsehood
173
fallacious
Falsehood
174
feigned
Falsehood
175
guile
Falsehood
176
mendacious
Falsehood
177
perfidy
Falsehood
178
prevaricate
Falsehood
179
specious
Falsehood
180
spurious
Falsehood
181
conjugal
Family
182
consanguine
Family
183
distaff
Family
184
endogamous
Family
185
filial
Family
186
fraternal
Family
187
fratricide
Family
188
progenitor
Family
189
scion
Family
190
sorority
Family
191
ardent
Favoring/ Not Impartial
192
ardor
Favoring/ Not Impartial
193
doctrinaire
Favoring/ Not Impartial
194
fervid
Favoring/ Not Impartial
195
partisan
Favoring/ Not Impartial
196
tendentious
Favoring/ Not Impartial
197
zealot
Favoring/ Not Impartial
198
absolve
Forgive/ Make Amends
199
acquit
Forgive/ Make Amends
200
ameliorate
Forgive/ Make Amends
201
exculpate
Forgive/ Make Amends
202
exonerate
Forgive/ Make Amends
203
expiate
Forgive/ Make Amends
204
palliate
Forgive/ Make Amends
205
redress
Forgive/ Make Amends
206
vindicate
Forgive/ Make Amends
207
chortle
Funny
208
droll
Funny
209
facetious
Funny
210
flippant
Funny
211
gibe
Funny
212
jocular
Funny
213
levity
Funny
214
ludicrous
Funny
215
raillery
Funny
216
riposte
Funny
217
abatement
Gaps/ Openings
218
aperture
Gaps/ Openings
219
fissure
Gaps/ Openings
220
hiatus
Gaps/ Openings
221
interregnum
Gaps/ Openings
222
interstice
Gaps/ Openings
223
lull
Gaps/ Openings
224
orifice
Gaps/ Openings
225
rent
Gaps/ Openings
226
respite
Gaps/ Openings
227
rift
Gaps/ Openings
228
altruistic
Generous/ Kind
229
beneficent
Generous/ Kind
230
clement
Generous/ Kind
231
largess
Generous/ Kind
232
magnanimous
Generous/ Kind
233
munificent
Generous/ Kind
234
philanthropic
Generous/ Kind
235
unstinting
Generous/ Kind
236
avaricious
Greedy
237
covetous
Greedy
238
mercenary
Greedy
239
miserly
Greedy
240
penurious
Greedy
241
rapacious
Greedy
242
venal
Greedy
243
asperity
Hard-Hearted
244
baleful
Hard-Hearted
245
dour
Hard-Hearted
246
fell
Hard-Hearted
247
malevolent
Hard-Hearted
248
mordant
Hard-Hearted
249
sardonic
Hard-Hearted
250
scathing
Hard-Hearted
251
truculent
Hard-Hearted
252
vitriolic
Hard-Hearted
253
vituperation
Hard-Hearted
254
baleful
Harmful
255
baneful
Harmful
256
deleterious
Harmful
257
inimical
Harmful
258
injurious
Harmful
259
insidious
Harmful
260
minatory
Harmful
261
perfidious
Harmful
262
pernicious
Harmful
263
cacophony
Harsh-Sounding
264
din
Harsh-Sounding
265
dissonant
Harsh-Sounding
266
raucous
Harsh-Sounding
267
strident
Harsh-Sounding
268
abhorrence
Hatred
269
anathema
Hatred
270
antagonism
Hatred
271
antipathy
Hatred
272
detestation
Hatred
273
enmity
Hatred
274
loathing
Hatred
275
malice
Hatred
276
odium
Hatred
277
rancor
Hatred
278
beneficial
Healthy
279
salubrious
Healthy
280
salutary
Healthy
281
dither
Hesitate
282
oscillate
Hesitate
283
teeter
Hesitate
284
vacillate
Hesitate
285
waver
Hesitate
286
antithetic
Hostile
287
churlish
Hostile
288
curmudgeon
Hostile
289
irascible
Hostile
290
malevolent
Hostile
291
misanthropic
Hostile
292
credulous
Innocent/ Inexperienced
293
gullible
Innocent/ Inexperienced
294
ingenous
Innocent/ Inexperienced
295
naive
Innocent/ Inexperienced
296
novitiate
Innocent/ Inexperienced
297
disingenuous
Insincere
298
dissemble
Insincere
299
fulsome
Insincere
300
ostensible
Insincere
301
unctous
Insincere
302
appraise
Investigate
303
ascertain
Investigate
304
assay
Investigate
305
descry
Investigate
306
peruse
Investigate
307
indolent
Lazy/ Sluggish
308
inert
Lazy/ Sluggish
309
lackadaisical
Lazy/ Sluggish
310
languid
Lazy/ Sluggish
311
lassitude
Lazy/ Sluggish
312
lethargic
Lazy/ Sluggish
313
phlegmatic
Lazy/ Sluggish
314
quiescent
Lazy/ Sluggish
315
slothful
Lazy/ Sluggish
316
torpid
Lazy/ Sluggish
317
amulet
Luck
318
auspicious
Luck
319
fortuitious
Luck
320
kismet
Luck
321
potentous
Luck
322
propitiate
Luck
323
propitious
Luck
324
serendipity
Luck
325
talisman
Luck
326
admonish
Nag
327
belabor
Nag
328
cavil
Nag
329
enjoin
Nag
330
exhort
Nag
331
harangue
Nag
332
hector
Nag
333
martinet
Nag
334
remonstrate
Nag
335
reproof
Nag
336
fetid
Nasty
337
noisome
Nasty
338
noxious
Nasty
339
askance
Not a Straight Line
340
awry
Not a Straight Line
341
careen
Not a Straight Line
342
carom
Not a Straight Line
343
circuitous
Not a Straight Line
344
gyrate
Not a Straight Line
345
labyrinth
Not a Straight Line
346
meander
Not a Straight Line
347
oblique
Not a Straight Line
348
serrated
Not a Straight Line
349
sidle
Not a Straight Line
350
sinuous
Not a Straight Line
351
undulating
Not a Straight Line
352
vortex
Not a Straight Line
353
bombastic
Overblown/ Wordy
354
circumlocution
Overblown/ Wordy
355
garrulous
Overblown/ Wordy
356
grandiloquent
Overblown/ Wordy
357
loquacious
Overblown/ Wordy
358
periphrastic
Overblown/ Wordy
359
prolix
Overblown/ Wordy
360
rhetoric
Overblown/ Wordy
361
turgid
Overblown/ Wordy
362
verbose
Overblown/ Wordy
363
ameliorate
Pacify/ Satisfy
364
appease
Pacify/ Satisfy
365
assuage
Pacify/ Satisfy
366
defer
Pacify/ Satisfy
367
mitigate
Pacify/ Satisfy
368
mollify
Pacify/ Satisfy
369
placate
Pacify/ Satisfy
370
propitiate
Pacify/ Satisfy
371
satiate
Pacify/ Satisfy
372
slake
Pacify/ Satisfy
373
soothe
Pacify/ Satisfy
374
euphonious
Pleasant-Sounding
375
harmonious
Pleasant-Sounding
376
melodious
Pleasant-Sounding
377
sonorous
Pleasant-Sounding
378
destitute
Poor
379
impecunious
Poor
380
indigent
Poor
381
acclaim
Praise
382
accolade
Praise
383
aggrandize
Praise
384
encomium
Praise
385
eulogize
Praise
386
extol
Praise
387
fawn
Praise
388
laud
Praise
389
venerate
Praise
390
augur
Predict
391
auspice
Predict
392
fey
Predict
393
harbringer
Predict
394
portentous
Predict
395
presage
Predict
396
prescient
Predict
397
prognosticate
Predict
398
discomfit
Prevent/ Obstruct
399
encumber
Prevent/ Obstruct
400
fetter
Prevent/ Obstruct
401
forfend
Prevent/ Obstruct
402
hinder
Prevent/ Obstruct
403
impede
Prevent/ Obstruct
404
inhibit
Prevent/ Obstruct
405
occlude
Prevent/ Obstruct
406
thwart
Prevent/ Obstruct
407
astute
Smart/ Learned
408
canny
Smart/ Learned
409
erudite
Smart/ Learned
410
perspicacious
Smart/ Learned
411
disconsolate
Sorrow
412
doleful
Sorrow
413
dolor
Sorrow
414
elegaic
Sorrow
415
forlorn
Sorrow
416
lament
Sorrow
417
lugubrious
Sorrow
418
melancholy
Sorrow
419
morose
Sorrow
420
plaintive
Sorrow
421
threnody
Sorrow
422
implacable
Stubborn
423
inexorable
Stubborn
424
intractable
Stubborn
425
intransigent
Stubborn
426
obdurate
Stubborn
427
obstinate
Stubborn
428
recalcitrant
Stubborn
429
refractory
Stubborn
430
renitent
Stubborn
431
untoward
Stubborn
432
vexing
Stubborn
433
compendious
Terse
434
curt
Terse
435
laconic
Terse
436
pithy
Terse
437
succinct
Terse
438
taciturn
Terse
439
anachronism
Time/ Order/ Duration
440
antecede
Time/ Order/ Duration
441
anterior
Time/ Order/ Duration
442
archaic
Time/ Order/ Duration
443
diurnal
Time/ Order/ Duration
444
eon
Time/ Order/ Duration
445
ephemeral
Time/ Order/ Duration
446
epoch
Time/ Order/ Duration
447
fortnight
Time/ Order/ Duration
448
millenium
Time/ Order/ Duration
449
penultimate
Time/ Order/ Duration
450
synchronous
Time/ Order/ Duration
451
temporal
Time/ Order/ Duration
452
craven
Timid
453
diffident
Timid
454
pusillanimous
Timid
455
recreant
Timid
456
timorous
Timid
457
trepidation
Timid
458
cador
Truth
459
candid
Truth
460
fealty
Truth
461
frankness
Truth
462
indisputable
Truth
463
indubitable
Truth
464
legitimate
Truth
465
probity
Truth
466
sincere
Truth
467
veracious
Truth
468
verity
Truth
469
aberration
Unusual
470
anomaly
Unusual
471
iconoclast
Unusual
472
idiosyncrasy
Unusual
473
ambulatory
Wandering
474
discursive
Wandering
475
expatiate
Wandering
476
forage
Wandering
477
itinerant
Wandering
478
meander
Wandering
479
peregrination
Wandering
480
peripatetic
Wandering
481
sojourn
Wandering
482
adulterate
Weaken
483
enervate
Weaken
484
exacerbate
Weaken
485
inhibit
Weaken
486
obviate
Weaken
487
stultify
Weaken
488
undermine
Weaken
489
vitiate
Weaken
490
adage
Wisdom
491
aphorism
Wisdom
492
apothegm
Wisdom
493
axiom
Wisdom
494
bromide
Wisdom
495
dictum
Wisdom
496
epigram
Wisdom
497
platitude
Wisdom
498
sententious
Wisdom
499
truism
Wisdom
500
abeyance
Withdrawal/ Retreat
501
abjure
Withdrawal/ Retreat
502
abnegation
Withdrawal/ Retreat
503
abortive
Withdrawal/ Retreat
504
abrogate
Withdrawal/ Retreat
505
decamp
Withdrawal/ Retreat
506
demur
Withdrawal/ Retreat
507
recant
Withdrawal/ Retreat
508
recidivism
Withdrawal/ Retreat
509
remission
Withdrawal/ Retreat
510
renege
Withdrawal/ Retreat
511
rescind
Withdrawal/ Retreat
512
retrograde
Withdrawal/ Retreat
