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
Perish
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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Carousel

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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
Fictitious 
Paradigm 
Precursor
Simulate 
Vicarious
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Criticize/criticism

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Asprsion 
Belittle
Berate
Calumny 
Castigate
Decry 
Defame
Denounce
Deride
Diatribe
Disparage
Excoriate
Gabi say
Harangue 
Impugn 
Inveigh 
Lambaste
Objurgate
Obloquy 
Opprobrium
Pillory 
Rebuke
Remonstrate 
Reprehend 
Re prove
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 
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
Perfidy
Prevaricate
Specious
Spurious
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Family

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Conjugal 
Consanguine
Distaff
Endogenous 
Filial
Fraternal
Fratricide 
Progenitor 
Scion
Sorority
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Favoring/not impartial
``` Ardent Doctrinaire Fervid Partisan Tendentious Zealot ```
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Forgive/make amends
``` Absolve Acquit Exculpatory Exonerate Expiate Palliate Redress Vindicate ```
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Funny
``` Chortle Droll Facetious Flippant Give Jocular Levity Ludicrous Raillery Riposte Simper ```
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Gaps/openings
``` Abatement Aperture Fissure Hiatus Interregnum Interstice Lull Office Rent Respite Rift ```
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Generous/kind
``` Altruistic Beneficent Clement Largess Magnanimous Munificent Philanthropic Unstinting ```
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Greedy
``` Avaricious Covetous Mercenary Miserly Penurious Rapacious Venal ```
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Hard-hearted
``` Asperity Baleful Dour Fell Malevolent Mordant Sardonic Scathing Truculent Vitriolic Vituperation ```
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Harmful
``` Deleterious Inimical Injurious Insidious Minatory Perfidious Pernicious ```
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Harsh sounding
``` Cacophony Din Dissonant Raucous Strident ```
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Hatred
``` Abhorrence Anathema Antagonism Antipathy Detestation Enmity Loathing Malice Odium Rancor ```
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Healthy
Beneficial Salubrious Salutary
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Hesitate
``` Dither Oscillate Teeter Vacillate Waver ```
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Hostile
``` Antithetical Churlish Curmudgeon Irascible Malevolent Misanthropic Truculent Vindictive ```
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Innocent
``` Credulous Gullible Ingenuous Naive Novitiate Tyro ```
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Insincere
``` Disingenuous Dissemble Fulsome Ostensible Unctuous ```
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Investigate
``` Appraise Ascertain Assay Describe Peruse ```
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Lazy/sluggish
``` Indolent Inert Lackadaisical Languid Lassitude Lethargic Phlegmatic Quiescent Slothful Torpid ```
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Luck
``` Adventitious Amulet Auspicious Fortuitous Kismet Optimum Portentous Propitiate Propitious Providential Serendipity Talisman ```
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Nag
``` Admonish Belabor Cavil Enjoin Exhort Harangue Hector Martinet Remonstrate Reproof ```
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Nasty
Fetid Noisome Noxious
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Not a straight line
``` Askance Awry Careen Carom Circuitous Circumvent Gyrate Labyrinth Meander Oblique Serrated Sidle Sinuous Undulating Vortex ```
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Overblown/wordy
``` Bombastic Circumlocution Garrulous Grandiloquent Loquacious Periphrastic Prolix Rhetoric Turgid Verbose ```
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Pacify/satisfy
``` Ameliorate Appease Assuage Defer Mitigate Mollify Placate Propitiate Satiate Slake Soothe ```
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Pleasant sounding
Euphonious Harmonious Melodious Sonorous
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Poor
Destitute Esurient Impecunious Indigent
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Praise
``` Acclaim Accolade Aggrandize Encomium Eulogized Extol Fawn Laud Venerate ```
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Predict
``` Augur Auspice Fey Harbinger Portentous Precursor Presage Prescient Prognosticate ```
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Prevent/obstruct
``` Discomfit Encumber Fetter Forfend Hinder Impede Inhibit Occlude ```
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Smart/learned
Astute Canny Erudite Perspicacious
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Sorrow
``` Disconsolate Doleful Dolor Elegiac Forlorn Lamen Lugubrious Melancholy Morose Plaintive Threnody ```
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Stubborn
``` Implacable Inexorable Intractable Intransigent Obdurate Obstinate Recalcitrant Refractory Reunite the Untoward Vexing ```
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Terse
``` Compendious Curt Laconic Pithy Succinct Taciturn ```
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Time/order/duration
``` Anachronism Antecedent Antedate Anterior Archaic Diurnal Eon Ephemeral Epoch Fortnight Millennium Penultimate Synchronous Temporal ```
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Timid
``` Craven Diffident Pusillanimous Recreation Timorous Trepidation ```
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Truth
``` Candor Fealty Frankness Indisputable Indubitable Legitimate Probity Sincere Veracious Verity ```
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Unusual
Aberration Anomaly Iconoclast Idiosyncrasy
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Walking about
Ambulatory Itinerant Meander Peripatetic
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Wandering
``` Discursive Expatiate Forage Itinerant Peregrinations Peripatetic Sojourn ```
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Weaken
``` Adulterated Enervate Exacerbate Inhibit Obviate Stultify Undermine Vitiate ```
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Wisdom
``` Adage Aphorism Apothem Axiom Bromide Dictum Epigram Platitude Sententious Truism ```
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Withdrawal/retreat
``` Abeyance Abjure Abnegation Abortive Abrogate Decamp Demur Recant Recidivism Remission Renege Rescind Retrograde ```