word groups Flashcards
abridge, compendium,
cursory, curtail, syllabus,
synopsis, terse
abbreviated communication
abrupt, apace, headlong
impetuous, precipitate
act quickly
abet, advocate,
ancillary, bolster,
corroborate, countenance, espouse, mainstay,
munificent, proponent,
stalwart, sustenance
assist
bilious, dudgeon, irascible
pettish, petulant, pique
querulous, umbrage, waspish
bad mood
dilettante, fledgling, neophyte
novitiate, proselyte, tyro
beginner/amateur
burgeoning, callow, engender, inchoate, incipient, nascent
beginning/young
acerbic, acidulous
acrimonious, asperity
caustic, mordacious
mordant, trenchant
biting (as in wit or temperament)
audacious, courageous, dauntless
bold
banal, hackneyed, insipid,
mundane, pedestrian, platitude
prosaic, quotidian, trite
boring
bacchanalian, debauchery, depraved, dissipated, iniquity, libertine, libidinous, licentious, reprobate, ribald, salacious, sordid, turpitude
carousal
capricious, mercurial, volatile
changing quickly
counterpart, emulate, facsimile, factitious, paradigm, precursor, simulate, vicarious
copy
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
