Word Groups Flashcards

Question

Favoring/Not impartial

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

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

Answer 8

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

Answer 9

``` cacophony din dissonant raucous strident ```

Answer 10

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

Answer 11

beneficial salubrious salutary

Answer 12

``` dither oscillate teeter vacillate waver ```

Answer 13

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

Answer 14

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

Answer 15

``` disingenuous dissemble fulsome ostensible unctuous ```

Answer 16

``` appraise ascertain assay descry peruse ```

Answer 17

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

Answer 18

``` adventitious amulet auspicious fortuitous kismet portentous propitiate propitious providential serendipity tailsman ```

Answer 19

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

Answer 20

fetid noisome noxious

Answer 21

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

Answer 22

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

Answer 23

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

Answer 24

euphonious harmonious melodious sonorous

Answer 25

destitute impecunious indigent

Answer 26

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

Answer 27

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

Answer 28

``` discomfort encumber fetter forfend hinder impede inhibit occlude thwart ```

Answer 29

astute canny erudite perspicacious

Answer 30

``` disconsolate doleful elegiac forlorn lament lugubrious melancholy morose plaintive threnody ```

Answer 31

``` implacable inexorable intractable intransigent obdurate obstinate recalcitrant refractory renitent untoward vexing ```

Answer 32

``` compendious curt laconic pithy succinct taciturn ```

Answer 33

``` anachronism antecede antedate anterior archaic diurnal eon ephemeral epoch fortnight millennium penultimate synchronous temporal ```

Answer 34

``` craven diffident pusillanimous recreant timorous trepidation ```

Answer 35

``` candor/candid fealty frankness indisputable indubitable legitimate probity sincere veracious verity ```

Answer 36

aberration anomaly iconoclast idiosyncrasy

Answer 37

``` ambulatory discursive expatiate forage itinerant meander peregrination peripatetic sojourn ```

Answer 38

``` adulterate enervate exacerbate inhibit obviate stultify undermine vitiate ```

Answer 39

``` adage aphorism apothegm axiom bromide dictum epigram platitude sententious truism ```

Answer 40

``` abeyance abjure abnegation abortive abrogate decamp demur recant recidivism remission renege rescind retrograde ```

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