Kaplan Word Groups Flashcards
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inchoate
A
(adj)
beginning/young
2
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pusillanimous
A
(adj)
timid/timidity
3
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martinet
A
(n)
nag
4
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acidulous
A
(adj)
biting (as in wit or temperament)
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vitiate
A
(v)
weaken
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rhetoric
A
(n)
overblown/wordy
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retrograde
A
(adj)
withdrawal/retreat
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eclectic
A
(adj)
eccentric/dissimilar
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curmudgeon
A
(n)
hostile
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canard
A
(n)
falsehood
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destitute
A
(adj)
poor
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knell
A
(n)
death/mourning
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paradoxical
A
(adj)
difficult to understand
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progenitor
A
(n)
family
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obscure
A
(adj)
difficult to understand
16
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satiate
A
(v)
pacify/satisfy
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decry
A
(v)
criticize/criticism
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ambulatory
A
(adj)
walking about
19
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prolix
A
(adj)
overblown/wordy
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meander
A
(v)
not a straight line
walking about
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apocryphal
A
(adj)
falsehood
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compendium
A
(n)
abbreviated communication
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endogamous
A
(adj)
family
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inscrutable
A
(adj)
difficult to understand
25
rebarbative
(adj)
| disgusting/offensive
26
malevolent
(adj)
hard-hearted
hostile
27
dissonant
(adj)
| harsh-sounding
28
libidinous
(adj)
| lustful
29
fortnight
(n)
| time/order/duration
30
mordacious
(adj)
| biting (as in wit or temperament)
31
interstice
(n)
| gaps/openings
32
rent
(n)
| gaps/openings
33
abash
(v)
| embarrass
34
sententious
(adj)
| wisdom
35
limpid
(adj)
| easy to understand
36
turgid
(adj)
| overblown/wordy
37
strident
(adj)
| harsh-sounding
38
forfend
(v)
| prevent/obstruct
39
presage
(v)
| predict
40
mainstay
(n)
| assist
41
berate
(v)
| criticize/criticism
42
ostensible
(adj)
| insincere
43
undermine
(v)
| weaken
44
mendacious/mendacity
(adj)/(n)
| falsehood
45
courageous
(adj)
| bold
46
abet
(v)
| assist
47
vexing
(adj)
| stubborn
48
filial
(adj)
| family
49
vituperate
(v)
| criticize/criticism
50
appraise
(v)
| investigate
51
intractable
(adj)
| stubborn
52
rancor
(n)
| hatred
53
discomfit
(v)
| prevent/obstruct
54
impetuous
(adj)
| act quickly
55
anomaly
(n)
| unusual
56
caustic
(adj)
| biting (as in wit or temperament)
57
dictum
(n)
| wisdom
58
sidle
(v)
| not a straight line
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hiatus
(n)
| gaps/openings
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tirade
(n)
| criticize/criticism
61
propitious
(adj)
| luck
62
opprobrium
(n)
| criticize/criticism
63
odious
(adj)
| disgusting/offensive
64
feigned
(adj)
| falsehood
65
periphrastic
(adj)
| overblown/wordy
66
harmonious
(adj)
| pleasant-sounding
67
diatribe
(n)
| criticize/criticism
68
gullible
(adj)
| innocent/inexperienced
69
espouse
(v)
| assist
70
verbose
(adj)
| overblown/wordy
71
careen
(v)
| not a straight line
72
craven
(adj)
| timid/timidity
73
ersatz
(adj)
| falsehood
74
abhorrence
(n)
| hatred
75
iniquity
(n)
| carousal
76
droll
(adj)
| funny
77
discrete
(adj)
| eccentric/dissimilar
78
morose
(adj)
| sorrow
79
putrid
(adj)
| disgusting/offensive
80
inexorable
(adj)
| stubborn
81
novitiate
(n)
beginner/amateur
innocent/inexperienced
82
candor/candid
(n)/(adj)
| truth
83
din
(n)
| harsh-sounding
84
credulous
(adj)
| innocent/inexperienced
85
conjugal
(adj)
| family
86
querulous
(adj)
| bad mood
87
nascent
(adj)
| beginning/young
88
renitent
(adj)
| stubborn
89
sincere
(adj)
| truth
90
elegy
(n)
| death/mourning
91
depraved
(adj)
morally corrupt
wicked
92
veracious
(adj)
| truth
93
prevaricate
(v)
| falsehood
94
epigram
(n)
| wisdom
95
prosaic
(adj)
| boring
96
erudite
(adj)
| smart/learned
97
peremptory
(adj)
| dictatorial
98
exhort
(v)
| nag
99
perspicacious
(adj)
| smart/learned
100
augur
(v)
| predict
101
distaff
(n)
| family
102
libertine
(n)
| carousal
103
optimum
(adj)
| best
104
gibe
(n)
| taunt
105
circuitous
(adj)
| not a straight line
106
beneficent
generous/kind
107
spartan
denying of self
108
truculent
hard-hearted
| hostile
109
recreant
timid/timidity
110
oblique
not a straight line
111
chicanery
falsehood
112
objurgate
criticize/criticism
113
paradigm
copy
114
dolor
sorrow
115
belabor
nag
116
hector
nag
117
noisome
disgusting/offensive
| nasty
118
vindictive
hostile
119
specious
falsehood
120
abeyance
withdrawal/retreat
121
cogent
easy to understand
122
probity
truth
123
kismet
luck
124
foible
embarrass
125
harbinger
predict
126
calumny
criticize/criticism
127
dilettante
beginner/amateur
128
oscillate
hesitate
129
mundane
boring
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trepidation
timid/timidity
131
proselyte
beginner/amateur
132
wraith
death/mourning
133
syllabus
abbreviated communication
134
phlegmatic
lazy/sluggish
135
decamp
withdrawal/retreat
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hinder
prevent/obstruct
137
simulate
copy
138
penultimate
time/order/duration
139
vacillate
hesitate
140
serendipity
luck
141
remonstrate
criticize/criticism
| nag
142
audacious
bold
143
fulsome
insincere
144
sonorous
pleasant-sounding
145
enigmatic
difficult to understand
146
axiom
wisdom
147
grandiloquent
overblown/wordy
148
aperture
gaps/openings
149
fawn
praise
150
vicarious
copy
151
fortuitous
luck
152
inveigh
criticize/criticism
153
dolorous
death/mourning
154
esurient
poor
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denounce
criticize/criticism
156
admonish
nag
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adage
wisdom
158
fraternal
family
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aggrandize
praise
160
detestation
hatred
161
renege
withdrawal/retreat
162
sardonic
hard-hearted
163
countenance
assist
164
slake
pacify/satisfy
165
counterpart
copy
166
opaque
difficult to understand
167
belittle
criticize/criticism
168
waver
hesitate
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inert
lazy/sluggish
170
covetous
greedy
171
sordid
carousal
172
plaintive
sorrow
173
dudgeon
bad mood
174
inimical
harmful
175
sepulchral
death/mourning
176
verity
truth
177
expatiate
wandering
178
deride/derisive
criticize/criticism
179
recalcitrant
stubborn
180
curtail
abbreviated communication
181
revile
criticize/criticism
182
auspice
predict
183
ascertain
investigate
184
iconoclast
eccentric/dissimilar
| unusual
185
fetter
prevent/obstruct
186
trite
boring
187
insipid
boring
188
enjoin
nag
189
vindicate
forgive/make amends
190
laud/laudatory
praise
191
undulating
not a straight line
192
disconsolate
sorrow
193
levity
funny
194
circumlocution
overblown/wordy
195
articulate
easy to understand
196
obloquy
criticize/criticism
197
bolster
assist
198
cursory
abbreviated communication
199
descry
investigate
200
ambiguous
difficult to understand
201
authoritarian
dictatorial
202
harangue
criticize/criticism
| nag
203
recidivism
withdrawal/retreat
204
acerbic
biting (as in wit or temperament)
205
abatement
gaps/openings
206
indubitable
truth
207
abrupt
act quickly
208
rescind
withdrawal/retreat
209
anomalous
eccentric/dissimilar
210
encumber
prevent/obstruct
211
facetious
funny
212
demise
death/mourning
213
epoch
time/order/duration
214
lugubrious
sorrow
215
precursor
copy
| predict
216
bilious
bad mood
217
propitiate
luck
| pacify/satisfy
218
mitigate
pacify/satisfy
219
redress
forgive/make amends
220
absolve
forgive/make amends
221
corroborate
assist
222
petulant
bad mood
223
hackneyed
boring
224
lament
death/mourning
| sorrow
225
misanthropic
hostile
226
fratricide
family
227
portentous
luck
| predict
228
idiosyncrasy
unusual
229
obdurate
stubborn
230
disingenuous
insincere
231
providential
luck
232
untoward
stubborn
233
prescient
predict
234
taciturn
terse
235
naive
innocent/inexperienced
236
interregnum
gaps/openings
237
soothe
pacify/satisfy
238
capricious
changing quickly
239
gaucherie
embarrass
240
dogmatic
dictatorial
241
tendentious
favoring/not impartial
242
evident
easy to understand
243
exacerbate
weaken
244
diffidence
embarrass
245
arcane
difficult to understand
246
discursive
wandering
247
neophyte
beginner/amateur
248
abstruse
difficult to understand
249
clement
generous/kind
250
despotic
dictatorial
251
assay
investigate
252
laconic
terse
253
implacable
stubborn
254
forage
wandering
255
zealot
favoring/not impartial
256
trenchant
biting (as in wit or temperament)
257
dauntless
bold
258
baleful
hard-hearted
| harmful
259
injurious
harmful
260
altruistic
generous/kind
261
rapacious
greedy
262
defile
disgusting/offensive
263
ameliorate
pacify/satisfy
264
pithy
terse
265
baneful
harmful
266
banal
boring
267
venal
greedy
268
fledgeling
beginner/amateur
269
fetid
disgusting/offensive
| nasty
270
melancholy
sorrow
271
pedestrian
boring
272
exculpate
forgive/make amends
273
avaricious
greedy
274
cavil
nag
275
eon
time/order/duration
276
reprove
criticize/criticism
277
largess
generous/kind
278
garrulous
overblown/wordy
279
itinerant
walking about
| wandering
280
volatile
changing quickly
281
amulet
luck
282
serrated
not a straight line
283
equivocate
falsehood
284
pettish
bad mood
285
fell
hard-hearted
286
encomium
praise
287
quotidian
boring
288
imperious
dictatorial
289
churlish
hostile
290
moribund
death/mourning
291
synopsis
abbreviated communication
292
salutary
healthy
293
teeter
hesitate
294
exonerate
forgive/make amends
295
fervid
favoring/not impartial
296
ingenuous
innocent/inexperienced
297
rift
gaps/openings
298
raillery
funny
299
lethargic
lazy/sluggish
300
vortex
not a straight line
301
duplicity
falsehood
302
bemusing
difficult to understand
303
indigent
poor
304
canny
smart/learned
305
pique
bad mood
306
cryptic
difficult to understand
307
noxious
nasty
308
orifice
gaps/openings
309
intransigent
stubborn
310
malice
hatred
311
mercenary
greedy
312
circumvent
not a straight line
313
recant
withdrawal/retreat
314
pillory
criticize/criticism
315
sinuous
not a straight line
316
engender
beginning/young
317
aberrant
eccentric/dissimilar
318
auspicious
luck
319
fissure
gaps/openings
320
forlorn
sorrow
321
adulterate
weaken
322
synchronous
time/order/duration
323
spurious
falsehood
324
peruse
investigate
325
truism
wisdom
326
legitimate
truth
327
compendious
terse
328
facsimile
copy
329
prognosticate
predict
330
lucid
easy to understand
331
assuage
pacify/satisfy
332
contrition
embarrass
333
raucous
harsh-sounding
334
indolent
lazy/sluggish
335
occlude
prevent/obstruct
336
languid
lazy/sluggish
337
munificent
assist
| generous/kind
338
insidious
harmful
339
mordant
biting (as in wit or temperament)
| hard-hearted
340
respite
gaps/openings
341
incipient
beginning/young
342
fey
predict
343
anachronism
eccentric/dissimilar
| time/order/duration
344
terse
abbreviated communication
345
impugn
criticize/criticism
346
acrimonious
biting (as in wit or temperament)
347
askance
not a straight line
348
perplexing
difficult to understand
349
vituperation
hard-hearted
350
frankness
truth
351
threnody
sorrow
352
macabre
death/mourning
353
gainsay
criticize/criticism
354
mollify
pacify/satisfy
355
eulogize
praise
356
pellucid
easy to understand
357
equity
equal
358
carom
not a straight line
359
stoic
denying of self
360
advocate
assist
361
sustenance
assist
362
aspersion
criticize/criticism
363
succinct
terse
364
chagrin
embarrass
365
ephemeral
time/order/duration
366
obsequies
death/mourning
367
enervate
weaken
368
stalwart
assist
369
unctuous
insincere
370
invidious
disgusting/offensive
371
umbrage
bad mood
372
defunct
death/mourning
373
chortle
funny
374
defer
pacify/satisfy
375
tantamount
equal
376
partisan
favoring/not impartial
377
elegiac
sorrow
378
vitriolic
hard-hearted
379
temporal
time/order/duration
380
asperity
biting (as in wit or temperament)
| hard-hearted
381
doctrinaire
favoring/not impartial
382
ribald
carousal
383
diurnal
time/order/duration
384
abnegate
denying of self
385
ludicrous
funny
386
turbid
difficult to understand
387
platitude
boring
| wisdom
388
dour
hard-hearted
389
accolade
praise
390
demur
withdrawal/retreat
391
salubrious
healthy
392
bacchanalian
carousal
393
extol
praise
394
melodious
pleasant-sounding
395
awry
not a straight line
396
sorority
family
397
abnegation
withdrawal/retreat
398
reprehend
criticize/criticism
399
tyro
beginner/amateur
| innocent/inexperienced
400
disparage
criticize/criticism
401
burgeoning
beginning/young
402
bombastic
overblown/wordy
403
anterior
time/order/duration
404
ancillary
assist
405
minatory
harmful
406
precipitate
act quickly
407
abrogate
withdrawal/retreat
408
waspish
bad mood
409
refractory
stubborn
410
expiate
embarrass
| forgive/make amends
411
reprobate
carousal
412
pernicious
harmful
413
magnanimous
generous/kind
414
philanthropic
generous/kind
415
bereave
death/mourning
416
palliate
forgive/make amends
417
rebuke
criticize/criticism
418
miserly
greedy
419
penurious
greedy
420
dissipated
carousal
421
simper
funny
422
esoteric
difficult to understand
| eccentric/dissimilar
423
torpid
lazy/sluggish
424
antedate
time/order/duration
425
gyrate
not a straight line
426
flippant
funny
427
antipathy
hatred
428
compunction
embarrass
429
abortive
withdrawal/retreat
430
aphorism
wisdom
431
turpitude
carousal
432
odium
hatred
433
impede
prevent/obstruct
434
timorous
timid/timidity
435
callow
beginning/young
436
eloquent
easy to understand
437
slothful
lazy/sluggish
438
debauchery
carousal
439
apace
act quickly
440
fallacious
falsehood
441
hegemonic/hegemony
dictatorial
442
dither
hesitate
443
erroneous
falsehood
444
curt
terse
445
irascible
bad mood
| hostile
446
euphonious
pleasant-sounding
447
loquacious
overblown/wordy
448
talisman
luck
449
equitable
equal
450
antithetic
hostile
451
obstinate
stubborn
452
aberration
unusual
453
astute
smart/learned
454
factitious
copy
455
archaic
time/order/duration
456
lull
gaps/openings
457
placate
pacify/satisfy
458
headlong
act quickly
459
peregrination
wandering
460
diffident
timid/timidity
461
venerate/veneration
praise
462
ascetic
denying of self
463
mercurial
changing quickly
464
scion
family
465
excoriate
criticize/criticism
466
defame/defamation
criticize/criticism
467
lackadaisical
lazy/sluggish
468
impecunious
poor
469
peripatetic
walking about
| wandering
470
enmity
hatred
471
apothegm
wisdom
472
recondite
difficult to understand
473
fealty
truth
474
lassitude
lazy/sluggish
475
emulate
copy
476
consanguine
family
477
jocular
funny
478
guile
falsehood
479
abjure
withdrawal/retreat
480
abstain
denying of self
481
tyrannical
dictatorial
482
sojourn
wandering
483
dissemble
falsehood
| insincere
484
remission
withdrawal/retreat
485
antagonism
hatred
486
obviate
weaken
487
riposte
funny
488
abridge
abbreviated communication
489
indisputable
truth
490
ardent/ardor
favoring/not impartial
491
reproof
nag
492
labyrinth
not a straight line
493
unstinting
generous/kind
494
bromide
wisdom
495
temperate
denying of self
496
licentious
carousal
497
acclaim
praise
498
deleterious
harmful
499
doleful
sorrow
500
rue
(v)
| regret
501
anathema
(n)
| hatred
502
loathing
(n)
| hatred
503
quiescent
(adj)
| lazy/sluggish
504
salacious
(adj)
| having or conveying undue or inappropriate interest in sexual matters.
505
perfidy
(n)
| falsehood
506
appease
(v)
| pacify/satisfy
507
antecede
(v)
| time/order/duration
508
stultify
(v)
| weaken
509
castigate
(v)
| criticize/criticism
510
beneficial
(adj)
| healthy
511
lambaste
(v)
| criticize/criticism
512
cacophony
(n)
| harsh-sounding
513
cadaver
(n)
| death/mourning
514
proponent
(n)
| assist
515
perfidious
(adj)
| harmful
516
inhibit
(v)
prevent/obstruct
weaken
517
acquit
(v)
| forgive/make amends
518
scathing
(adj)
| hard-hearted
519
millennium
(n)
| time/order/duration
