GRE word groups Flashcards
practice word groups (525 cards)
1
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abridge
A
abbreviated communication
2
Q
compendium
A
abbreviated communication
3
Q
cursory
A
abbreviated communication
4
Q
curtail
A
abbreviated communication
5
Q
syllabus
A
abbreviated communication
6
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terse
A
abbreviated communication
7
Q
apace
A
act quickly
8
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headlong
A
act quickly
9
Q
impetuous
A
act quickly
10
Q
precipitate
A
act quickly
11
Q
abet
A
assist
12
Q
advocate
A
assist
13
Q
ancillary
A
assist
14
Q
bolster
A
assist
15
Q
corroborate
A
assist
16
Q
countenance
A
assist
17
Q
espouse
A
assist
18
Q
mainstay
A
assist
19
Q
munificent
A
assist
20
Q
proponent
A
assist
21
Q
stalwart
A
assist
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Q
sustenance
A
assist
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Q
bilious
A
bad mood
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dudgeon
A
bad mood
25
irascible
bad mood
26
pettish
bad mood
27
petulant
bad mood
28
pique
bad mood
29
querulous
bad mood
30
umbrage
bad mood
31
waspish
bad mood
32
dilettante
beginner / amateur
33
fledgling
beginner / amateur
34
novitiate
beginner / amateur
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proselyte
beginner / amateur
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burgeoning
beginning / young
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callow
beginner / amateur
38
engender
beginner / amateur
39
inchoate
beginner / amateur
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incipient
beginner / amateur
41
nascent
beginner / amateur
42
acerbic
bitter / cruel say
43
acidulous
bitter / cruel say
44
acrimonious
bitter / cruel say
45
asperity
bitter / cruel say
46
caustic
bitter / cruel say
47
mordacious
bitter / cruel say
48
mordant
bitter / cruel say
49
trenchant
bitter / cruel say
50
audacious
bold
51
dauntless
bold
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banal
boring
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fatuous
boring
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hackneyed
boring / cliche
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insipid
boring
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mundane
boring
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pedestrian
boring
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platitude
boring
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prosaic
boring
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quotidian
boring
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trite
boring
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carousal
drinking party
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bacchanalian
drinking party
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debauchery
drinking party
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depraved
like to party/ immoral
66
dissipated
like to party/ immoral
67
iniquity
immoral
68
libertine
like to party/ immoral
69
libidinous
driven by sex drive/ libido
70
licentious
sexually unrestrained
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reprobate
immoral
72
ribald
vulgar
73
salacious
dirty / lustful
74
sordid
immorally dirty
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turpitude
immoral
76
capricious
Changing quickly
77
mercurial
Changing quickly
78
volatile
Changing quickly
79
counterpart
copy
80
emulate
copy
81
facsimile
copy
82
factitious
copy / fake
83
paradigm
copy
84
precursor
copy
85
quintessence
copy
86
simulated
copy
87
vicarious
copy
88
aspersion
criticize
89
belittle
criticize
90
berate
criticize
91
calumny
criticize
92
castigate
criticize
93
decry
criticize
94
defamation
criticize
95
denounce
criticize
96
deride / derisive
criticize
97
diatribe
criticize
98
disparage
criticize
99
excoriate
criticize
100
gainsay
criticize
101
harangue
criticize / rant
102
impugn
criticize
103
inveigh
criticize
104
lambaste
criticize
105
objurgate
criticize
106
obloquy
criticize
107
opprobrium
criticize
108
pillory
criticize
109
rebuke
criticize
110
remonstrate
criticize
111
reprehend
criticize
112
reprove
criticize
113
revile
criticize
114
tirade
criticize
115
vituperate
criticize
116
bereave
death / mourn
117
defunct
death / mourn
118
demise
death / mourn
119
dolorous
death / mourn
120
elegy
death / mourn
121
knell
death / mourn
122
lament
death / mourn
123
macabre
death / mourn
124
moribund
death / mourn
125
obsequies
death / mourn
126
sepulchral
death / mourn
127
wraith
death / mourn
128
abnegate
denying of self
129
abstain
denying of self
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ascetic
denying of self
131
spartan
denying of self
132
temperate
denying of self
133
authoritarian
dictatorial
134
despotic
dictatorial
135
dogmatic
dictatorial
136
hegemonic
dictatorial
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imperious
dictatorial
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peremptory
dictatorial
139
abstruse
hard to understand
140
ambiguous
hard to understand
141
arcane
hard to understand
142
bemusing
hard to understand / confusing
143
cryptic
hard to understand
144
enigmatic
hard to understand
145
esoteric
hard to understand
146
inscrutable
hard to understand
147
obscure
hard to understand
148
opaque
hard to understand
149
paradoxical
hard to understand / contradict
150
recondite
hard to understand
151
turbid
hard to understand
152
defile
disgusting / offensive
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fetid
disgusting / offensive
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invidious
disgusting / offensive
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noisome
disgusting / offensive
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odious
disgusting / offensive
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putrid
disgusting / offensive
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rebarbative
disgusting / offensive
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articulate
clear / easy to understand
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cogent
clear / easy to understand
161
eloquent
clear / easy to understand
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limpid
clear / easy to understand
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pellucid
clear / easy to understand
164
eccentric
weird / different
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aberrant
weird / different
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anachronism
weird / different
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anomalous
weird / different
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discrete
separated / different
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eclectic
versatile / diverse
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esoteric
understood by a certain group
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abash
embarrass
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chagrin
embarrass
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compunction
embarrass
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contrition
embarrass
175
diffidence
embarrass / low self confidence
176
expiate
embarrass
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foible
embarrass
178
gaucherie
embarrass
179
rue
embarrass
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iconoclast
weird / different
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equity / equitable
equal
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tantamount
equal
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apocryphal
false
184
canard
false
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chicanery
false
186
dissemble
false
187
duplicity
false
188
equivocate
false
189
erroneous
false
190
ersatz
false
191
feigned
false
192
guile
false
193
mendacious / mendacity
false
194
perfidy
false
195
prevaricate
false
196
specious
false
197
spurious
false
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conjugal
family
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consanguine
family
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distaff
family
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endogamous
family
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filial
family
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fratricide
family murder
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progenitor
family
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scion
family
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impartial
fair / not biased
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ardor / ardent
favor
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doctrinaire
favor
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fervid
favor
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partisan
favor
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tendentious
favor
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zealot
favor
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absolve
forgive
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acquit
forgive
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exculpate
forgive
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exonerate
forgive
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expiate
forgive
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palliate
forgive
219
redress
forgive
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vindicate
forgive
221
chortle
funny
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droll
funny (ie: troll)
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facetious
funny
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flippant
funny / disrespectful
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gibe
funny
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jocular
funny
227
levity
funny
228
ludicrous
funny
229
raillery
funny
230
riposte
funny
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simper
funny / smirk
232
abatement
gap / opening (*apartment)
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aperture
gap / opening
234
fissure
gap / opening
235
hiatus
gap / opening
236
interregnum
gap / opening
237
interstice
gap / opening
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lull
gap / opening (*lol)
239
orifice
gap / opening
240
rent
gap / opening
241
respite
gap / opening
242
rift
gap / opening
243
beneficent
kind
244
clement
kind
245
largess
kind
246
magnanimous
kind (*magnetic)
247
munificent
kind
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philanthropic
kind
249
unstinting
kind
250
avaricious
greedy
251
covetous
greedy
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mercenary
greedy
253
miserly
greedy
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penurious
greedy
255
rapacious
greedy
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venal
greedy
257
asperity
hard-hearted
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baleful
hard-hearted / harmful
259
dour
hard-hearted
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fell
hard-hearted / cause to fall or inflict pain
261
malevolent
hard-hearted / hostile
262
mordant
hard-hearted / grim
263
sardonic
hard-hearted
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scathing
hard-hearted
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truculent
hard-hearted
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vitriolic
hard-hearted
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vituperation
hard-hearted
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baneful
harmful
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deleterious
harmful
270
inimical
harmful
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injurious
harmful
272
insidious
harmful
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minatory
harmful
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perfidious
harmful
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pernicious
harmful
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din
harsh-sounding
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dissonant
harsh-sounding
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raucous
harsh-sounding
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strident
harsh-sounding
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abhorrence
hatred
281
anathema
hatred
282
antagonism
hatred
283
detestation
hatred
284
enmity
hatred
285
loathing
hatred / disgust
286
malice
hatred
287
odium
hatred
288
rancor
hatred
289
beneficial
healthy
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salubrious
healthy
291
salutary
healthy
292
dither
hesitate
293
oscillate
hesitate
294
teeter
hesitate
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vacillate
hesitate
296
waver
hesitate
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antithetic
hostile
298
churlish
hostile
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curmudgeon
hostile
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irascible
hostile
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misanthropic
hostile
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truculent
hostile
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vindictive
hostile
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credulous
innocent / inexperienced
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gullible
innocent / inexperienced
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ingenuous
innocent / inexperienced
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novitiate
innocent / inexperienced
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tyro
amateur / inexperienced
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disingenuous
insincere
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dissemble
insincere
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fulsome
insincere
312
ostensible
insincere
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unctuous
insincere
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appraise
investigate
315
ascertain
investigate
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assay
investigate
317
descry
investigate
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peruse
investigate
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sluggish
slow / lazy
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indolent
lazy (*doll)
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inert
lazy
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lackadaisical
lazy
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languid
lazy
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lassitude
lazy
325
lethargic
lazy
326
phlegmatic
lazy
327
quiescent
lazy
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slothful
lazy
329
torpid
lazy
330
adventitious
luck
331
amulet
luck
332
auspicious
luck
333
fortuitous
luck
334
kismet
luck
335
optimum
luck
336
portentous
luck
337
propitiate
luck
338
propitious
luck
339
providential
luck
340
talisman
luck
341
admonish
nag
342
belabor
nag
343
cavil
nag
344
enjoin
nag
345
exhort
nag
346
harangue
nag / rant
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hector
nag
348
martinet
nag
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remonstrate
nag
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reproof
nag
351
noxious
harmful / toxic
352
fetid
gross
353
noisome
gross
354
askance
not a straight line / indirect
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awry
not a straight line
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careen
not a straight line
357
carom
not a straight line
358
circuitous
not a straight line
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circumvent
not a straight line / avoid
360
gyrate
not a straight line
361
labyrinth
not a straight line
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meander
not a straight line
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oblique
not a straight line
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serrated
not a straight line
365
sidle
not a straight line
366
sinuous
not a straight line / curvy
367
undulating
not a straight line
368
vortex
not a straight line / round
369
bombastic
overblown / wordy
370
circumlocution
overblown / wordy
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garrulous
overblown / wordy
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grandiloquent
overblown / wordy
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loquacious
overblown / wordy
374
periphrastic
overblown / wordy
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prolix
overblown / wordy
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rhetoric
overblown / wordy
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turgid
overblown / wordy
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verbose
overblown / wordy
379
pacify
calm
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ameliorate
calm / satisfy
381
appease
calm / satisfy
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assuage
calm / satisfy
383
defer
calm / satisfy
384
mitigate
calm / reduce
385
mollify
calm / satisfy
386
placate
calm / satisfy
387
propitiate
calm / satisfy
388
satiate
calm / satisfy
389
slake
calm / satisfy
390
euphonious
pleasant sound
391
harmonious
pleasant sound
392
melodious
pleasant sound
393
sonorous
pleasant sound
394
destitute
poor
395
esurient
poor
396
impecunious
poor
397
indigent
poor
398
acclaim
praise
399
accolade
praise
400
aggrandize
praise
401
encomium
praise
402
eulogize
praise
403
extol
praise
404
fawn
praise
405
venerate / veneration
praise
406
augur
predict (*shrek)
407
auspice
predict (*spice)
408
fey
predict
409
harbinger
predict
410
portentous
predict
411
presage
predict
412
prescient
predict
413
prognosticate
predict
414
obstruct
block
415
discomfort
prevent / block
416
encumber
prevent / limit
417
fetter
prevent / block
418
forfend
prevent / block
419
hinder
prevent / block
420
impede
prevent / block
421
inhibit
prevent / block / weaken
422
occlude
prevent / block
423
astute
smart / learned
424
canny
smart / learned
425
erudite
smart / learned
426
perspicacious
smart / learned
427
disconsolate
sad
428
doleful
sad
429
dolor
sad
430
elegiac
sad
431
forlorn
sad
432
lament
sad
433
lugubrious
sad
434
morose
sad
435
plaintive
sad
436
threnody
sad
437
implacable
stubborn
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inexorable
stubborn
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intractable
stubborn
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intransigent
stubborn
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obdurate
stubborn
442
obstinate
stubborn
443
recalcitrant
stubborn
444
refractory
stubborn
445
renitent
stubborn
446
untoward
stubborn
447
vexing
stubborn
448
terse
brief and to the point
449
compendious
brief and to the point
450
curt
brief and to the point
451
laconic
brief and to the point
452
pithy
brief and to the point
453
succinct
brief and to the point
454
taciturn
quiet / reserved
455
anachronism
time / order
456
antecede
time / order
457
antedate
time / order
458
anterior
time / order
459
archaic
time / order
460
diurnal
time / order
461
eon
time / order
462
ephemeral
time / order
463
epoch
time / order
464
fortnight
time / order
465
millennium
time / order
466
penultimate
time / order
467
synchronous
time / order
468
temporal
time / order
469
craven
timid
470
diffident
timid / low confidence
471
pusillanimous
timid
472
recreant
timid
473
timorous
timid
474
trepidation
fear
475
candor
truth
476
fealty
truth
477
frankness
truth
478
indisputable
truth
479
indubitable
truth
480
legitimate
truth
481
probity
truth
482
sincere
truth
483
veracious
truth
484
verity
truth
485
idiosyncrasy
unusual
486
ambulatory
walking
487
itinerant
walking / wandering
488
peripatetic
walking / wandering
489
wandering
traveling about with no clear destination
490
discursive
wandering
491
expatiate
wandering
492
forage
wandering
493
itinerant
wandering
494
peregrination
wandering
495
sojourn
wandering
496
adulterate
weaken
497
enervate
weaken
498
exacerbate
weaken / make worst
499
inhibit
weaken
500
obviate
weaken
501
stultify
weaken
502
vitiate
weaken
503
adage
wisdom
504
aphorism
wisdom / statement of general truth
505
apothegm
wisdom
506
axiom
wisdom / statement of general truth
507
bromide
wisdom
508
dictum
wisdom
509
epigram
wisdom
510
platitude
wisdom
511
sententious
wisdom
512
truism
wisdom / obvious truth
513
abeyance
withdrawal / retreat
514
abjure
withdrawal / retreat
515
abnegation
withdrawal / retreat
516
abortive
withdrawal / retreat
517
abrogate
withdrawal / retreat
518
decamp
withdrawal / retreat
519
demur
withdrawal / retreat
520
recant
withdrawal / retreat
521
recidivism
withdrawal / retreat
522
remission
withdrawal / retreat
523
renege
withdrawal / retreat
524
rescind
withdrawal / retreat
525
retrograde
withdrawal / retreat
