Word Groups A-I Flashcards by Kelly Barber-Lester | Brainscape

Q

abridge

compendium

cursory

curtail

syllabus

synopsis

terse

A

Abbreviated Communication

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abrupt

apace

headlong

impetuous

precipitate

A

Act Quickly

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abet

advocate

ancillary

bolster

corroborate

countenance

espouse

mainstay

munificent

proponent

stalwart

sustenance

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Assist

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bilious

dudgeon

irascible

pettish

petulant

pique

querulous

umbrage

waspish

A

Bad Mood

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dilettante

fledgling

neophyte

novitiate

proselyte

tyro

A

Beginner/Amateur

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burgeoning

callow

engender

inchoate

incipient

nascent

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Beginning/Young

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acerbic

acidulous

acrimonious

asperity

caustic

mordacious

mordant

trenchan

A

Biting (as in wit or temperament

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audacious

courageous

dauntless

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Bold

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banal

fatuous

hackneyed

insipid

mundane

pedestrian

platitude

prosaic

quotidian

trite

A

Boring

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bacchanalian

debauchery

depraved

dissipated

iniquity

libertine

libidinous

licentious

reprobate

ribald

salacious

sordid

turpitude

A

Carousal

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capricious

mercurial

volatile

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Changing Quickly

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counterpart

emulate

facsimile

factitious

paradigm

precursor

quintessence

simulated

vicarious

A

Copy

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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

A

Criticize/Criticism

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bereave

cadaver

defunct

demise

dolorous

elegy

knell

lament

macabre

moribund

obsequies

sepulchral

wraith

A

Death/Mourning

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abnegate

abstain

ascetic

spartan

stoic

temperate

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Denying of Self

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authoritarian

despotic

dogmatic

hegemonic (hegemony)

imperious

peremptory

tyrannica

A

Dictatorial

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abstruse

ambiguous

arcane

bemusing

cryptic

enigmatic

esoteric

inscrutable

obscure

opaque

paradoxical

perplexing

recondite

turbid

A

Difficult to Understand

Q

defile

fetid

invidious

noisome

odious

putrid

rebarbative

A

Disgusting/Offensive

Q

articulate

cogent

eloquent

evident

limpid

lucid

pellucid

A

Easy to Understand

Q

aberrant

anachronism

anomalous

discrete

eclectic

esoteric

iconoclast

A

Eccentric/Dissimilar

Q

abash

chagrin

compunction

contrition

diffidence

expiate

foible

gaucherie

rue

A

Embarrass

Q

equitable

equity

tantamount

A

Equal

Q

apocryphal

canard

chicanery

dissemble

duplicity

equivocate

erroneous

ersatz

fallacious

feigned

guile

mendacious/mendacity

perfidy

prevaricate

specious

spurious

A

Falsehood

Q

conjugal

consanguine

distaff

endogamous

filial

fratricide

progenitor

scion

A

Family

Q

ardor/ardent

doctrinaire

fervid

partisan

tendentious

zealot

A

Favoring/Not Impartial

Q

absolve

acquit

exculpate

exonerate

expiate

palliate

redress

vindicate

A

Forgive

Q

chortle

droll

facetious

flippant

gibe

jocular

levity

ludicrous

raillery

riposte

simper

A

Funny

Q

abatement

aperture

fissure

hiatus

interregnum

interstice

lull

orifice

rent

respite

rift

A

Gaps/Openings

Q

altruistic

beneficent

clement

largess

magnanimous

munificent

philanthropic

unstinting

A

Generous/Kind

Q

avaricious

covetous

mercenary

miserly

penurious

rapacious

venal

A

Greedy

Q

asperity

baleful

dour

fell

malevolent

mordant

sardonic

scathing

truculent

vitriolic

vituperation

A

Hard-hearted

Q

baleful

baneful

deleterious

inimical

injurious

insidious

minatory

perfidious

pernicious

A

Harmful

Q

cacophony

din

dissonant

raucous

strident

A

Harsh-Sounding

Q

abhorrence

anathema

antagonism

antipathy

detestation

enmity

loathing

malice

odium

rancor

A

Hatred

Q

beneficial

salubrious

salutary

A

Healthy

Q

dither

oscillate

teeter

vacillate

waver

A

Hesitate

Q

antithetic

churlish

curmudgeon

irascible

malevolent

misanthropic

truculent

vindictive

A

Hostile

Q

credulous

gullible

ingenuous

naive

novitiate

tyro

A

Innocent/Inexperienced

Q

disingenuous

dissemble

fulsome

ostensible

unctuous

A

Insincere

Q

appraise

ascertain

assay

descry

peruse

A

Investigate