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Kaplan's Word Groups Flashcards

1
Q

Abbreviated Communication

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abridge
compendium
cursory
curtail
syllabus
synopsis
terse

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Act Quickly

A

abrupt
apace
headlong
impetuous
precipitate

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Q

Assist

A

abet
advocate
ancillary
bolster
corroborate
countenance
espouse
mainstay
munificent
proponent
stalwart
sustenance

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Bad Mood

A

bilious
dudgeon
irascible
pettish
petulant
pique
querulous
umbrage
waspish

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5
Q

Beginner/Amateur

A

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)

A

acerbic
acidulous
acrimonious
asperity
caustic
mordacious
mordant
trenchant

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8
Q

Bold

A

audacious
courageous
dauntless

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9
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Boring

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banal
hackneyed
insipid
mundane
pedestrian
platitude
prosaic
quotidian
trite

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10
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Carousal

A

bacchanalian
debauchery
depraved
dissipated
iniquity
libertine
libidinous
licentious
reprobate
ribald
salacious
sordid
turpitude

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11
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Changing Quickly

A

capricious
mercurial
volatile

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12
Q

Copy

A

counterpart
emulate
facsimile
factitious
paradigm
precursor
simulate
vicarious

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13
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Criticize/Criticism

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aspersion
belittle
berate
calumny
castigate
decry
defame/defamation
denounce
deride/derisive
diatribe
disparage
excoriate
gainsay
harangue
impugn
inveigh
lambaste
objurgate
obloquy
opprobrium
pillory
rebuke
remonstrate
reprehend
reprove
revile
tirade
vituperate

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14
Q

Death/Mourning

A

bereave
cadaver
defunct
demise
dolorous
elegy
knell
lament
macabre
moribund
obsequies
sepulchral
wraith

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15
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Denying of Self

A

abnegate
abstain
ascetic
spartan
stoic
temperate

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16
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Dictatorial

A

authoritarian
despotic
dogmatic
hegemonic/ hegemony
imperious
peremptory
tyrannical

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17
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Difficult to Understand

A

abstruse
ambiguous
arcane
bemusing
cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
inscrutable
obscure
opaque
paradoxical
perplexing
recondite
turbid

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18
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Disgusting/Offensive

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defile
fetid
invidious
noisome
odious
putrid
rebarbative

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19
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East to Understand

A

articulate
cogent
eloquent
evident
limpid
lucid
pellucid

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20
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Eccentric/Dissimilar

A

aberrant
anachronism
anomalous
discrete
eclectic
esoteric
iconoclast

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21
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Embarrass

A

abash
chagrin
compunction
contrition
diffidence
expiate
foible
gaucherie
rue

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22
Q

Equal

A

equitable
equity
tantamount

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23
Q

Falsehood

A

apocryphal
canard
chicanery
dissemble
duplicity
equivocate
erroneous
ersatz
fallacious
feigned
guile
mendacious/mendacity
perfidy
prevaricate
specious
spurious

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24
Q

Family

A

conjugal
consanguine
distaff
endogamous
filial
fraternal
progenitor
scion
sorority

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25
Q

Favoring/Not Impartial

A

ardent/ardor
doctrinaire
fervid
partisan
tendentious
zealot

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26
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Forgive/Make Amends

A

absolve
acquit
exculpate
exonerate
expiate
palliate
redress
vindicate

27
Q

Funny

A

chortle
droll
facetious
flippant
give
jocular
levity
ludicrous
raillery
riposte
simper

28
Q

Gaps/Openings

A

abatement
aperture
fissure
hiatus
interregnum
interstice
lull
orifice
rent
respite
rift

29
Q

Generous/Kind

A

altruistic
beneficent
clement
largess
magnanimous
munificent
philanthropic
unstinting

30
Q

Greedy

A

avaricious
covetous
mercenary
miserly
penurious
rapacious
venal

31
Q

Hard-Hearted

A

asperity
baleful
dour
fell
malevolent
mordant
sardonic
scathing
truculent
vitriolic
vituperation

32
Q

Harmful

A

baleful
baneful
deleterious
inimical
injurious
insidious
minatory
perfidious
pernicious

33
Q

Harsh-Sounding

A

cacophony
din
dissonant
raucous
strident

34
Q

Hatred

A

abhorrence
anathema
antagonism
antipathy
detestation
enmity
loathing
malice
odium
rancor

35
Q

Healthy

A

beneficial
salubrious
salutary

36
Q

Hesitate

A

dither
oscillate
teeter
vacillate
waver

37
Q

Hostile

A

antithetic
churlish
curmudgeon
irascible
malevolent
misanthropic
truculent
vindictive

38
Q

Innocent/Inexperienced

A

credulous
gullible
ingenuous
naive
novitiate
tyro

39
Q

Insincere

A

disingenuous
dissemble
fulsome
ostensible
unctuous

40
Q

Investigate

A

appraise
ascertain
assay
descry
peruse

41
Q

Lazy/Sluggish

A

indolent
inert
lackadaisical
languid
lassitude
lethargic
phlegmatic
quiescent
slothful
torpid

42
Q

Luck

A

amulet
auspicious
fortuitous
kismet
optimum
portentous
propitiate
propitious
providential
serendipity
talisman

43
Q

Nag

A

admonish
belabor
cavil
enjoin
exhort
harangue
hector
martinet
remonstrate
reproof

44
Q

Nasty

A

fetid
noisome
noxious

45
Q

Not a Straight Line

A

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

46
Q

Overblown/Wordy

A

bombastic
circumlocution
garrulous
grandiloquent
loquacious
periphrastic
prolix
rhetoric
turgid
verbose

47
Q

Pacify/Satisfy

A

ameliorate
appease
assuage
defer
mitigate
mollify
placate
propitiate
satiate
slake
soothe

48
Q

Pleasant-Sounding

A

euphonious
harmonious
melodious
sonorous

49
Q

Poor

A

destitute
esurient
impecunious
indigent

50
Q

Praise

A

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

51
Q

Predict

A

augur
auspice
fey
harbinger
portentous
precursor
presage
prescient
prognosticate

52
Q

Prevent/Obstruct

A

discomfit
encumber
fetter
forfend
hinder
impede
inhibit
occlude

53
Q

Smart

A

astute
canny
erudite
perspicacious

54
Q

Sorrow

A

disconsolate
doleful
dolor
elegiac
forlorn
lament
lugubrious
melancholy
morose
plaintive
threnody

55
Q

Stubborn

A

implacable
inexorable
intractable
intransigent
obdurate
obstinate
recalcitrant
refractory
renitent
untoward
vexing

56
Q

Terse

A

compendious
curt
laconic
pithy
succinct
taciturn

57
Q

Time/Order/Duration

A

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

58
Q

Timid/Timidity

A

craven
diffident
pusillanimous
recreant
timorous
trepidation

59
Q

Truth

A

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

60
Q

Unusual

A

aberration
anomaly
iconoclast
idiosyncrasy

61
Q

Walking About

A

ambulatory
itinerant
meander
peripatetic

62
Q

Wandering

A

discursive
expatiate
forage
itinerant
peregrination
peripatetic
sojourn

63
Q

Weaken

A

adulterate
enervate
exacerbate
inhibit
obviate
stultify
undermine
vitiate

64
Q

Wisdom

A

adage
aphorism
apothegm
axiom
bromide
dictum
epigram
platitude
sententious
truism

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