Word Groups Flashcards
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abbreviated communication
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abridge compendium cursory curtail syllabus synopsis terse
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act quickly
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abrupt apace headlong impetuous precipitate
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assist
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abet advocate ancillary bolster corroborate countenance espouse mainstay munificent proponent stalwart sustenance
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bad mood
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bilious dudgeon irascible pettish petulant pique querulous umbrage waspish
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beginner/amateur
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dilettante fledgling neophyte novitiate proselyte tyro
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beginning/young
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burgeoning callow engender inchoate incipient nascent
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biting (as in wit or temperament)
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acerbic acidulous acrimonious asperity caustic mordacious mordant trenchant
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bold
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audacious
courageous
dauntless
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boring
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banal fatuous hackneyed insipid mundane pedestrian platitude prosaic quotidian trite
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carousal
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bacchanalian debauchery depraved dissipated iniquity libertine libidinous licentious reprobate ribald salacious sordid turpitude
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changing quickly
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capricious
mercurial
volatile
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copy
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counterpart emulate facsimile factitious paradigm precursor quintessence simulate vicarious
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criticize/criticism
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Aspersion Belittle Berate Calumny Castigate Decry Denounce Deride/derisive 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
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bereave cadaver defunct demise dolorous elegy knell lament macabre moribund obsequies sepulchral wraith
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denying of self
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abnegate abstain ascetic spartan stoic temperate
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dictatorial
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authoritarian despotic dogmatic hegemonic/hegemony imperious peremptory tyrannical
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difficult to understand
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abstruse ambiguous arcane bemusing cryptic enigmatic esoteric inscrutable obscure opaque paradoxical perplexing recondite turbid
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disgusting/offensive
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defile fetid invidious noisome odious putrid rebarbative
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easy to understand
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articulate cogent eloquent evident limpid lucid pellucid
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eccentric/dissimilar
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aberrant anachronism anomalous discrete eclectic esoteric iconoclast
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embarrass
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abash chagrin compunction contrition diffidence expiate foible gaucherie rue
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equal
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equitable
equity
tantamount
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falsehood
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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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family
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conjugal consanguine distaff endogamous filial fratricide progenitor scion
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favoring/not impartial
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ardent/ardor doctrinaire fervid partisan tendentious zealot
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forgive/make amends
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absolve acquit exculpate exonerate expiate palliate redress vindicate
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funny
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chortle droll facetious flippant gibe jocular levity ludicrous raillery riposte simper
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gaps/openings
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abatement aperture fissure hiatus interregnum interstice lull orifice rent respite rift
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Generous/Kind
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altruistic beneficent clement largess magnanimous munificent philanthropic unstinting
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Greedy
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avaricious covetous mercenary miserly penurious rapacious venal
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Hard-hearted
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asperity baleful dour fell malevolent mordant sardonic scathing truculent vitriolic vituperation
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harmful
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baleful baneful deleterious inimical injurious insidious minatory perfidious pernicious
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harsh-sounding
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cacophony din dissonant raucous strident
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hatred
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abhorrence anathema antagonism antipathy detestation enmity loathing malice odium rancor
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healthy
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beneficial
salubrious
salutary
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hesitate
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dither oscillate teeter vacillate waver
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hostile
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antithetic churlish curmudgeon irascible malevolent misanthropic truculent vindictive
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innocent/inexperienced
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credulous gullible ingenuous naive novitiate tyro
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insincere
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disingenuous dissemble fulsome ostensible unctuous
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investigate
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appraise ascertain assay descry peruse
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lazy/sluggish
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indolent inert lackadaisical languid lassitude lethargic phlegmatic quiescent slothful torpid
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luck
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adventitious amulet auspicious fortuitous kismet optimum portentous propitiate propitious providential serendipity talisman
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nag
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admonish belabor cavil enjoin exhort harangue hector martinet remonstrate reproof
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nasty
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fetid
noisome
noxious
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not a straight line
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askance awry careen carom circuitous circumvent gyrate labyrinth meander oblique serrated sidle sinuous undulating vortext
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overblown/wordy
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bombastic circumlocution garrulous grandiloquent loquacious periphrastic prolix rhetoric turgid verbose
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pacify/satisfy
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ameliorate appease assuage defer mitigate mollify placate propitiate satiate slake soothe
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pleasant-sounding
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euphonious
harmonious
melodious
sonorous
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poor
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destitute
esurient
impecunious
indigent
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praise
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acclaim accolade aggrandize encomium eulogize extol fawn laud/laudatory venerate veneration
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predict
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augur auspice fey harbinger portentous presage prescient prognosticate
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prevent/obstruct
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discomfit encumber fetter forfend hinder impede inhibit occlude
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smart/learned
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astute
canny
erudite
perspicacious
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sorrow
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disconsolate doleful dolor elegiac forlorn lament lugubrious melancholy plaintive threnody
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stubborn
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implacable inexorable intractable intransigent obdurate obstinate recalcitrant refractory renitent untoward vexing
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terse
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compendious curt laconic pithy succinct taciturn
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time/order/duration
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anachronism antecede antedate anterior archaic diurnal eon ephemeral epoch fortnight millennium penultimate synchronous temporal
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timid/timidity
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craven diffident pusillanimous recreant timorous trepidation
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truth
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candor/candid fealty frankness indisputable indubitable legitimate probity sincere veracious verity
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unusual
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aberration
anomaly
iconoclast
indiosyncrasy
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walking about
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ambulatory
itinerant
meander
peripatetic
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wandering
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discursive expatiate forage itinerant peregrination peripatetic sojourn
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weaken
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adulterate enervate exacerbate inhibit obviate stultify undermine vitiate
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wisdom
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adage aphorism apothegm axiom bromide dictum epigram platitude sententious truism
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withdrawal/retreat
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abeyance abjure abnegation abortive abrogate decamp demur recant recidivism remission renege rescind retrograde
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the top
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summit zenith acme pinnacle apex apogee apotheosis
