Word Groups Flashcards
1
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bold (3)
A
audacious
courageous
dauntless
2
Q
changing quickly (3)
A
capricious
mercurial
volatile
3
Q
hesitate (5)
A
dither oscillate teeter vacillate waver
4
Q
act quickly (5)
A
abrupt apace headlong impetuous precipitate
5
Q
innocent/inexperienced (6)
A
credulous gullible ingenuous naive novitiate tyro
6
Q
difficult to understand (14)
A
abstruse ambiguous arcane bemusing cryptic enigmatic esoteric inscrutable obscure opaque paradoxical perplexing recondite turbid
7
Q
easy to understand (6)
A
articulate cogent eloquent evident limpid pellucid
8
Q
smart/learned (4)
A
astute
canny
erudite
perspicacious
9
Q
criticize/criticism (28)
A
aspersion belittle berate calumny castigate decry defame/defamation denounce deride/derisive diatribe disparage excoriate gainsay harangue impugn inveigh lambaste obloquy objurgate opprobrium pillory rebuke remonstrate reprehend reprove revile tirade vituperate
10
Q
carousal (11)
A
bacchanalian depraved dissipated iniquity libertine libidinous licentious reprobrate ribald salacious sordid
11
Q
truth (10)
A
candor/candid fealty frankness indisputable indubitable legitimate probity sincere veracious verity
12
Q
falsehood (17)
A
aprocryphal canard chicanery dissemble duplicity equivocate erroneous ersatz fallacious feigned guile mendacious mendacity perfidy prevaricate specious spurious
13
Q
biting (as in wit or temperament) (8)
A
acerbic acidulous acrimonious asperity caustic mordant mordacious trenchant
14
Q
praise (9)
A
acclaim accolade aggrandize encomium eulogize extol fawn laud/laudatory venerate
15
Q
harmful (9)
A
baleful baneful deleterious inimical injurious insidious minatory perfidious pernicious
16
Q
timid/timidity (6)
A
craven diffident pusillanimous recreant timorous trepidation
17
Q
boring (10)
A
banal fatuous hackneyed insipid mundane pedestrian platitude prosaic quotidian trite
18
Q
weaken (8)
A
adulterate enervate exacerbate inhibit obviate stultify undermine vitiate
19
Q
assist (12)
A
abet advocate ancillary bolster corroborate countenance espouse mainstay munificent proponent stalwart sustenance
20
Q
hostile (8)
A
antithetic churlish curmudgeon irascible malevolent misanthropic truculent vindictive
21
Q
stubborn (11)
A
implacable inexorable intractable intransigent obdurate obstinate recalcitrant refractory renitent untoward vexing
22
Q
beginning/young (6)
A
burgeoning callow engender inchoate incipient nascent
23
Q
generous/kind (8)
A
altruistic beneficient clement largess magnanimous munificent philanthropic unstinting
24
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greedy (7)
A
avaricious covetous mercenary miserly penurious rapacious venal
25
terse (6)
```
compendious
curt
laconic
pithy
succinct
taciturn
```
26
overblown/wordy (10)
```
bombastic
circumlocution
garrulous
grandiloquent
loquacious
periphrastic
prolix
rhetoric
turgic
verbose
```
27
dictatorial (8)
```
authoritarian
despotic
dogmatic
hegemonic
hegemony
imperious
peremptory
tyrannical
```
28
hatred (10)
```
abhorrence
anathema
antagonism
antipathy
detestation
enmity
loathing
malice
odium
rancor
```
29
beginner/amateur (6)
```
dilettante
fledgling
neophyte
novitiate
proselyte
tyro
```
30
lazy/sluggish (10)
```
indolent
inert
lackadaisical
languid
lassitude
lethargic
phlegmatic
quiescent
slothful
torpid
```
31
pacify/satisfy (10)
```
ameliorate
appease
assuage
defer
mitigate
mollify
placate
propitiate
satiate
slake
```
32
forgive (8)
```
absolve
acquit
exculpate
exonerate
expiate
palliate
redress
vindicate
```
33
poor (4)
destitute
esurient
impecunious
indigent
34
favoring/not impartial (6)
```
ardent/ardor
doctrinaire
fervid
partisan
tendentious
zealot
```
35
denying of self (6)
```
abnegate
abstain
ascetic
spartan
stoic
temperate
```
36
walking about (4)
ambulatory
itinerant
meander
peripatetic
