Word Groups Flashcards
1
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Abbreviated communication
A
abridge compendium cursory curtail syllabus synopsis terse
2
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Act quickly
A
abrupt apace headlong impetuous percipitate
3
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Assist
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abet advocate ancillary bolster corroborate countenance espouse mainstay munificent proponent stalwart sustenance
4
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Bad Mood
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bilious dudgeon irascible pettish petulant pique querulous umbrage waspish
5
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Beginner/Amateur
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dilettante fledgling neophyte novitiate proselyte tyro
6
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Beginning/Young
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burgeoning callow engender inchoate incipient nascent
7
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Biting (as in wit or temperament)
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acerbic acidulous acrimonious asperity caustic mordacious mordant trenchant
8
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Bold
A
audacious
courageous
dauntless
9
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Boring
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banal fatuous hackneyed insipid mundane pedestrian platitude prosaic quotidian trite
10
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Carousal
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bacchanalian debauchery depraved dissipated iniquity libertine libidinous licentious reprobate ribald salacious sordid turnpitude
11
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Changing quickly
A
capricious
mercurial
volatile
12
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Copy
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counterpart emulate facsimile factitious paradigm precursor quintessence simulated vicarious
13
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Criticize/Criticism
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aspersion belittle berate calumny castigate decry defamation denounce deride/derisive diatribe disparage excoriate gainsay harangue impugn inveigh lambaste objurgate obloquy opprobrium pillory rebuke remonstrate reprehend reprove revile tirade vituperate
14
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Death/Mourning
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bereave cadaver defunct demise dolorous elegy knell lament macabre moribund obsequies sepulchral wraith
15
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Denying of Self
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abnegate abstain ascetic spartan stoic temperate
16
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Dictatorial
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authoritarian despotic dogmatic hegemonic (hegemony) imperious peremptory tyrannical
17
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Difficult to understand
A
abstruse ambiguous arcane bemusing cryptic enigmatic esoteric inscrutable obscure opaque paradoxical perplexing recondite turbid
18
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Disgusting/Offensive
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defile fetid invidious noisome odious putrid rebarbative
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Criticize/Criticism
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aspersion belittle berate calumny castigate decry defamation denounce deride/derisive diatribe disparage excoriate gainsay harangue impugn inveigh lambaste objurgate obloquy opprobrium pillory rebuke remonstrate reprehend reprove revile tirade vituperate
20
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Death/Mourning
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bereave cadaver defunct demise dolorous elegy knell lament macabre moribund obsequies sepulchral wraith
21
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Denying of Self
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abnegate abstain ascetic spartan stoic temperate
22
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Equal
A
equitable
equity
tantamount