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
