Word Groups Flashcards

Question

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Answer 1

``` articulate cogent eloquent evident limpid lucid pellucid ```

Answer 2

``` aberrant anomalous discrete eclectic esoteric iconoclast ```

Answer 3

``` abash chagrin compunction contrition diffidence expiate foible gaucherie rue ```

Answer 4

equitable equity tantamount

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``` apocryphal canard chicanery dissemble duplicity equivocate erroneous ersatz fallacious feigned guile mendacious/mendacity perfidy prevaricate specious spurious ```

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``` conjugal consanguine distaff endogamous filial fratricide progenitor scion ```

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``` ardor/ardent doctrinaire fervid partisan tendentious zealot ```

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``` absolve acquit exculpate exonerate expiate palliate redress vindicate ```

Answer 9

``` chortle droll facetious flippant gibe jocular levity ludicrous raillery riposte simper ```

Answer 10

``` abatement aperture fissure hiatus interregnum interstice lull orifice rent respite rift ```

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``` altruistic beneficent clement largess magnanimous munificent philanthropic unstinting ```

Answer 12

``` avaricious covetous mercenary miserly penurious rapacious venal ```

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``` asperity baleful dour fell malevolent mordant sardonic scathing truculent vitriolic vituperation ```

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``` baleful baneful deleterious inimical injurious insidious minatory perfidious pernicious ```

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``` cacophony din dissonant raucous strident ```

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``` abhorrence anathema antagonism antipathy detestation enmity loathing malice odium rancor ```

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beneficial salubrious salutary

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``` dither oscillate teeter vacillate waver ```

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``` antithetic churlish curmudgeon irascible malevolent misanthropic truculent vindictive ```

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``` credulous gullible ingenuous naive novitiate tyro ```

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``` disingenuous dissemble fulsome ostensible unctuous ```

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``` appraise ascertain assay descry peruse ```

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``` indolent inert lackadaisical languid lassitude lethargic phlegmatic quiescent slothful torpid ```

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``` adventitious amulet auspicious fortuitous kismet optimum portentous propitiate propitious providential talisman ```

Answer 25

``` admonish belabor cavil enjoin exhort harangue hector martinet remonstrate reproof ```

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fetid noisome noxious

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``` askance awry careen carom circuitous circumvent gyrate labyrinth meander oblique serrated sidle sinuous undulating vortex ```

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``` bombastic circumlocution garrulous grandiloquent loquacious periphrastic prolix rhetoric turgid verbose ```

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``` ameliorate appease assuage defer mitigate mollify placate propitiate satiate slake soothe ```

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euphonious harmonious melodious sonorous

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destitute esurient ipecunious indigent

Answer 32

``` acclaim accolade aggrandize encomium eulogize extol fawn laud/laudatory venerate/veneration ```

Answer 33

``` augur auspice fey harbinger portentous presage prescient prognosticate ```