Word Groups A-I Flashcards
abridge
compendium
cursory
curtail
syllabus
synopsis
terse
Abbreviated Communication
abrupt
apace
headlong
impetuous
precipitate
Act Quickly
abet
advocate
ancillary
bolster
corroborate
countenance
espouse
mainstay
munificent
proponent
stalwart
sustenance
Assist
bilious
dudgeon
irascible
pettish
petulant
pique
querulous
umbrage
waspish
Bad Mood
dilettante
fledgling
neophyte
novitiate
proselyte
tyro
Beginner/Amateur
burgeoning
callow
engender
inchoate
incipient
nascent
Beginning/Young
acerbic
acidulous
acrimonious
asperity
caustic
mordacious
mordant
trenchan
Biting (as in wit or temperament
audacious
courageous
dauntless
Bold
banal
fatuous
hackneyed
insipid
mundane
pedestrian
platitude
prosaic
quotidian
trite
Boring
bacchanalian
debauchery
depraved
dissipated
iniquity
libertine
libidinous
licentious
reprobate
ribald
salacious
sordid
turpitude
Carousal
capricious
mercurial
volatile
Changing Quickly
counterpart
emulate
facsimile
factitious
paradigm
precursor
quintessence
simulated
vicarious
Copy
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
Criticize/Criticism
bereave
cadaver
defunct
demise
dolorous
elegy
knell
lament
macabre
moribund
obsequies
sepulchral
wraith
Death/Mourning
abnegate
abstain
ascetic
spartan
stoic
temperate
Denying of Self
authoritarian
despotic
dogmatic
hegemonic (hegemony)
imperious
peremptory
tyrannica
Dictatorial
abstruse
ambiguous
arcane
bemusing
cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
inscrutable
obscure
opaque
paradoxical
perplexing
recondite
turbid
Difficult to Understand
defile
fetid
invidious
noisome
odious
putrid
rebarbative
Disgusting/Offensive
articulate
cogent
eloquent
evident
limpid
lucid
pellucid
Easy to Understand
aberrant
anachronism
anomalous
discrete
eclectic
esoteric
iconoclast
Eccentric/Dissimilar
abash
chagrin
compunction
contrition
diffidence
expiate
foible
gaucherie
rue
Embarrass
equitable
equity
tantamount
Equal
apocryphal
canard
chicanery
dissemble
duplicity
equivocate
erroneous
ersatz
fallacious
feigned
guile
mendacious/mendacity
perfidy
prevaricate
specious
spurious
Falsehood
conjugal
consanguine
distaff
endogamous
filial
fratricide
progenitor
scion
Family
ardor/ardent
doctrinaire
fervid
partisan
tendentious
zealot
Favoring/Not Impartial
absolve
acquit
exculpate
exonerate
expiate
palliate
redress
vindicate
Forgive
chortle
droll
facetious
flippant
gibe
jocular
levity
ludicrous
raillery
riposte
simper
Funny
abatement
aperture
fissure
hiatus
interregnum
interstice
lull
orifice
rent
respite
rift
Gaps/Openings
altruistic
beneficent
clement
largess
magnanimous
munificent
philanthropic
unstinting
Generous/Kind
avaricious
covetous
mercenary
miserly
penurious
rapacious
venal
Greedy
asperity
baleful
dour
fell
malevolent
mordant
sardonic
scathing
truculent
vitriolic
vituperation
Hard-hearted
baleful
baneful
deleterious
inimical
injurious
insidious
minatory
perfidious
pernicious
Harmful
cacophony
din
dissonant
raucous
strident
Harsh-Sounding
abhorrence
anathema
antagonism
antipathy
detestation
enmity
loathing
malice
odium
rancor
Hatred
beneficial
salubrious
salutary
Healthy
dither
oscillate
teeter
vacillate
waver
Hesitate
antithetic
churlish
curmudgeon
irascible
malevolent
misanthropic
truculent
vindictive
Hostile
credulous
gullible
ingenuous
naive
novitiate
tyro
Innocent/Inexperienced
disingenuous
dissemble
fulsome
ostensible
unctuous
Insincere
appraise
ascertain
assay
descry
peruse
Investigate
