The Kaplan Groups Flashcards

Question

forgive; make amends

Answer 1

``` absolve acquit ameliorate exculpate exonerate expiate palliate redress vindicate ```

Answer 2

``` chortle droll facetious flippant gibe jocular ludicrous raillery riposte ```

Answer 3

``` abatement aperture fissure hiatus interregnum interstice lull orifice rent respite rift ```

Answer 4

``` altruistic beneficent clement largess magnanimous munificent philanthropic unstinting ```

Answer 5

``` avaricious covetous mercenary miserly penurious rapacious venal ```

Answer 6

``` asperity baleful dour fell malevolent mordant sardonic scathing truculent vitriolic vetuperation ```

Answer 7

``` baleful baneful deleterious inimical injurious insidious minatory perfidious pernicious ```

Answer 8

``` cacophony din dissonant raucous strident ```

Answer 9

``` abhorrence anathema antagonism antipathy detestation enmity loathing malice odium rancor ```

Answer 10

beneficial salubrious salutary

Answer 11

``` dither oscillate teeter vacillate waver ```

Answer 12

``` antithetic churlish curmudgeon irascible malevolent misanthropic truculent vindictive ```

Answer 13

``` credulous gullible ingenuous naive novitiate tyro ```

Answer 14

``` disingenuous dissemble fulsome ostensible unctuous ```

Answer 15

``` appraise ascertain assay descry peruse ```

Answer 16

``` indolent inert lackadaisical languid lassitude lethargic phlegmatic quiscent slothful torpid ```

Answer 17

``` adventitious amulet auspicious fortuitous kismet portentous propitiate propitious providential serendipity talisman ```

Answer 18

``` admonish belabor cavil enjoin exhort harangue hector martinet remonstrate reproof ```

Answer 19

fetid noisome noxious

Answer 20

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

Answer 21

``` bombastic circumlocution garrulous grandiloquent loquacious periphrastic prolix rhetoric turgid verbose ```

Answer 22

``` ameliorate appease assuage defer mitigate mollify placate propitiate satiate slake soothe ```

Answer 23

euphonious harmonious melodious sonorous

Answer 24

destitute impecunious indigent

Answer 25

``` acclaim accolade aggrandize encomium eulogize extol fawn laud; laudatory venerate; veneration ```

Answer 26

``` augur auspice fey harbinger portentous presage prescient prognosticate ```

Answer 27

``` discomfit encumber fetter forfend hinder impede inhibit occlude thwart ```

Answer 28

astute canny erudite perspicacious

Answer 29

``` disconsolate doleful dolor elegiac forlorn lament lugubrious melancholy morose plaintive threnody ```

Answer 30

``` implacable inexorable intractable intransigent obdurate obstinate recalcitrant refractory renitent untoward vexing ```

Answer 31

``` compendious curt laconic pithy succinct taciturn ```

Answer 32

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

Answer 33

``` craven diffident pusillanimous recreant timorous trepidation ```

Answer 34

``` candor; candid fealty frankness indisputable indubitable legitimate probity sincere veracious verity ```

Answer 35

aberration anomaly iconoclast idiosyncrasy

Answer 36

``` ambulatory discursive expatiate forage itinerant meander peregrination peripatetic sojourn ```

Answer 37

``` adulterate enervate exacerbate inhibit obviate stultify undermine vitiate ```

Answer 38

``` adage aphorism apothegm axiom bromide dictum epigram platitude sententious truism ```

Answer 39

``` abeyance abjure abnegation abortive abrogate decamp demur recant recidivism remission renege rescind retrograde ```