Word Groups Flashcards

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Abbreviated Communication

A
abridge
compendium
cursory
curtail
syllabus
synopsis
terse
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Act Quickly

A
abrupt
apace
headlong
impetuous
precipitate
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Assist

A
abet
advocate
ancillary
bolster
corroborate
countenance
espouse
mainstay
munificent
proponent
stalwart
sustenance
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Bad Mood

A
bilious
dudgeon
irascible
pettish
petulant
pique
querulous
umbrage
waspish
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Beginner/Amateur

A
dilettante
fledgling
neophyte
novitiate
proselyte
tyro
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Beginning/Young

A
burgeoning
callow
engender
inchoate
incipient
nascent
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Biting

A
acerbic
acidulous
acrimonious
asperity
caustic
mordacious
mordant
trenchant
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Bold

A

audacious
courageous
dauntless

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Boring

A
banal
fatuous
hackneyed
insipid
mundane
pedestrian
platitude
prosaic
quotidian
trite
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Carousal

A
bacchanalian
debauchery
depraved
dissipated
iniquity
libertine
libidinous
licentious
reprobate
ribald
salacious
sordid
turpitude
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Changing Quickly

A

capricious
mercurial
volatile

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Copy

A
counterpart
emulate
facsimile
factitious
paradigm
precursor
quintessence
simulated
vicarious
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Criticize/Criticism

A
aspersion
belittle
berate
calumny
castigate
decry
defamation
denounce
deride
diatribe
disparage
excoriate
gainsay
harangue
impugn
inveigh
lambaste
objurgate
obloquy
opprobrium
pillory
rebuke
remonstrate
reprehend
reprove
revile
tirade
vituperate
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Death/Mourning

A
bereave
cadaver
defunct
demise
dolorous
elegy
knell
lament
macabre
moribund
obsequies
sepulchral
wraith
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Denying of Self

A
abnegate
abstain
ascetic
spartan
stoic
temperate
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Dictatorial

A
authoritarian
despotic
dogmatic
hegemonic
imperious
peremptory
tyrannical
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Difficult to Understand

A
abstruse
ambiguous
arcane
bemusing
cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
inscrutable
obscure
opaque
paradoxical
perplexing
recondite
turbid
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Disgusting/Offensive

A
defile
fetid
invidious
noisome
odious
putrid
rebarbative
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Easy to Understand

A
articulate
cogent
eloquent
evident
limpid
lucid
pellucid
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Eccentric/Dissimilar

A
aberrant
anachronism
anomalous
discrete
eclectic
esoteric
iconoclast
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Embarrass

A
abash
chagrin
compunction
contrition
diffidence
expiate
foible
gaucherie
rue
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Equal

A

equitable
equity
tantamount

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Falsehood

A
apocryphal
canard
chicanery
dissemble
duplicity
equivocate
erroneous
ersatz
fallacious
feigned
guile
mendacity
perfidy
prevaricate
specious
spurious
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Family

A
conjugal
consanguine
distaff
endogamous
filial
fratricide
progenitor
scion
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Favoring/Not Impartial
``` ardor doctrinaire fervid partisan tendentious zealot ```
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Forgive
``` absolve acquit exculpate exonerate expiate palliate redress vindicate ```
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Funny
``` chortle droll facetious flippant gibe jocular levity ludicrous raillery riposte simper ```
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Gaps/Openings
``` abatement aperture fissure hiatus interregnum interstice lull orifice rent respite rift ```
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Generous/Kind
``` altruistic beneficent clement largess magnanimous munificent philanthropic unstinting ```
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Greedy
``` avaricious covetous mercenary miserly penurious rapacious venal ```
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Hard-hearted
``` asperity baleful dour fell malevolent mordant sardonic scathing truculent vitriolic vituperation ```
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Harmful
``` baleful baneful deleterious inimical injurious insidious minatory perfidious pernicious ```
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Harsh-Sounding
``` cacophony din dissonant raucous strident ```
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Hatred
``` abhorrence anathema antagonism antipathy detestation enmity loathing malice odium rancor ```
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Healthy
``` beneficial salubrious salutary hesitate dither oscillate teeter vacillate waver ```
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Hostile
``` antithetic churlish curmudgeon irascible malevolent misanthropic truculent vindictive ```
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Innocent/Inexperienced
``` credulous gullible ingenuous naive novitiate tyro ```
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Insincere
``` disingenuous dissemble fulsome ostensible unctuous ```
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Investigate
``` appraise ascertain assay descry peruse ```
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Lazy/Sluggish
``` indolent inert lackadaisical languid lassitude lethargic phlegmatic quiescent slothful torpid ```
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Luck
``` adventitious amulet auspicious fortuitous kismet optimum portentous propitiate propitious providential talisman ```
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Nag
``` admonish belabor cavil enjoin exhort harangue hector martinet remonstrate reproof ```
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Nasty
fetid noisome noxious
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Not a Straight Line
``` askance awry careen carom circuitous circumvent gyrate labyrinth meander oblique serrated sidle sinuous undulating vortex ```
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Overblown/Wordy
``` bombastic circumlocution garrulous grandiloquent loquacious periphrastic prolix rhetoric turgid verbose ```
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Pacify/Satisfy
``` ameliorate appease assuage defer mitigate mollify placate propitiate satiate slake soothe ```
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Pleasant-Sounding
euphonious harmonious melodious sonorous
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Poor
destitute esurient impecunious indigent
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Praise
``` acclaim accolade aggrandize encomium eulogize extol fawn laud venerate ```
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Predict
``` augur auspice fey harbinger portentous presage prescient prognosticate ```
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Prevent/Obstruct
``` discomfort encumber fetter forfend hinder impede inhibit occlude ```
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Smart/Learned
astute canny erudite perspicacious
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Sorrow
``` disconsolate doleful dolor elegiac forlorn lament lugubrious melancholy morose plaintive threnody ```
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Stubborn
``` implacable inexorable intractable intransigent obdurate obstinate recalcitrant refractory renitent untoward vexing ```
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Terse
``` compendious curt laconic pithy succinct taciturn ```
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Time/Order/Duration
``` anachronism antecede antedate anterior archaic diurnal eon ephemeral epoch fortnight millennium penultimate synchronous temporal ```
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Timid/Timidity
``` craven diffident pusillanimous recreant timorous trepidation ```
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Truth
``` candor/candid fealty frankness indisputable indubitable legitimate probity sincere veracious verity ```
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Unusual
aberration anomaly iconoclast idiosyncrasy
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Walking About
ambulatory itinerant peripatetic
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Wandering
``` discursive expatiate forage itinerant peregrination peripatetic sojourn ```
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Weaken
``` adulterate enervate exacerbate inhibit obviate stultify undermine vitiate ```
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Wisdom
``` adage aphorism apothegm axiom bromide dictum epigram platitude sententious truism ```
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Withdrawal/Retreat
``` abeyance abjure abnegation abortive abrogate decamp demur recant recidivism remission renege rescind retrograde ```