Word Groups Flashcards
(536 cards)
1
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abridge
A
abbreviated communication
2
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compendium
A
abbreviated communication
3
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cursory
A
abbreviated communication
4
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curtail
A
abbreviated communication
5
Q
syllabus
A
abbreviated communication
6
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synopsis
A
abbreviated communication
7
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terse
A
abbreviated communication
8
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abrupt
A
act quickly
9
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apace
A
act quickly
10
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headlong
A
act quickly
11
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impetuous
A
act quickly
12
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precipitate
A
act quickly
13
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abet
A
assist
14
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advocate
A
assist
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ancillary
A
assist
16
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bolster
A
assist
17
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corroborate
A
assist
18
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countenance
A
assist
19
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espouse
A
assist
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mainstay
A
assist
21
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munificent
A
assist
22
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proponent
A
assist
23
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stalwart
A
assist
24
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sustenance
A
assist
25
bilious
bad mood
26
dudgeon
bad mood
27
irascible
bad mood
28
pettish
bad mood
29
petulant
bad mood
30
pique
bad mood
31
querulous
bad mood
32
umbrage
bad mood
33
waspish
bad mood
34
dilettante
beginner/amateur
35
fledgling
beginner/amateur
36
neophyte
beginner/amateur
37
novitiate
beginner/amateur
38
proselyte
beginner/amateur
39
tyro
beginner/amateur
40
burgeoning
beginning/young
41
callow
beginning/young
42
engender
beginning/young
43
inchoate
beginning/young
44
incipient
beginning/young
45
nascent
beginning/young
46
acerbic
biting (as in wit or temperament)
47
acidulous
biting (as in wit or temperament)
48
acrimonious
biting (as in wit or temperament)
49
asperity
biting (as in wit or temperament)
50
caustic
biting (as in wit or temperament)
51
mordacious
biting (as in wit or temperament)
52
mordant
biting (as in wit or temperament)
53
trenchant
biting (as in wit or temperament)
54
audacious
bold
55
courageous
bold
56
dauntless
bold
57
intrepid
bold
58
banal
boring
59
hackneyed
boring
60
insipid
boring
61
mundane
boring
62
pedestrian
boring
63
platitude
boring
64
prosaic
boring
65
quotidian
boring
66
trite
boring
67
bacchanalian
carousal
68
debauchery
carousal
69
depraved
carousal
70
dissipated
carousal
71
iniquity
carousal
72
libertine
carousal
73
libidinous
carousal
74
licentious
carousal
75
reprobate
carousal
76
ribald
carousal
77
salacious
carousal
78
sordid
carousal
79
turpitude
carousal
80
capricious
changing quickly
81
mercurial
changing quickly
82
volatile
changing quickly
83
counterpart
copy
84
emulate
copy
85
facsimile
copy
86
factitious
copy
87
paradigm
copy
88
precursor
copy
89
quintessence
copy
90
simulate
copy
91
vicarious
copy
92
aspersion
criticize/criticism
93
belittle
criticize/criticism
94
berate
criticize/criticism
95
calumny
criticize/criticism
96
castigate
criticize/criticism
97
decry
criticize/criticism
98
defame/defamation
criticize/criticism
99
denounce
criticize/criticism
100
deride/derisive
criticize/criticism
101
diatribe
criticize/criticism
102
disparage
criticize/criticism
103
excoriate
criticize/criticism
104
gainsay
criticize/criticism
105
harangue
criticize/criticism
106
impugn
criticize/criticism
107
inveigh
criticize/criticism
108
lambaste
criticize/criticism
109
objurgate
criticize/criticism
110
obloquy
criticize/criticism
111
opporbrium
criticize/criticism
112
pillory
criticize/criticism
113
rebuke
criticize/criticism
114
remonstrate
criticize/criticism
115
reprehend
criticize/criticism
116
reprove
criticize/criticism
117
revile
criticize/criticism
118
tirade
criticize/criticism
119
vituperate
criticize/criticism
120
bereave
death/mourning
121
cadaver
death/mourning
122
defunct
death/mourning
123
demise
death/mourning
124
dolorous
death/mourning
125
elegy
death/mourning
126
knell
death/mourning
127
lament
death/mourning
128
macabre
death/mourning
129
moribund
death/mourning
130
obsequies
death/mourning
131
sepulchral
death/mourning
132
wraith
death/mourning
133
abnegate
denying of self
134
abstain
denying of self
135
ascetic
denying of self
136
spartan
denying of self
137
stoic
denying of self
138
temperate
denying of self
139
authoritarian
dictatorial
140
despotic
dictatorial
141
dogmatic
dictatorial
142
hegemonic/hegemony
dictatorial
143
imperious
dictatorial
144
peremptory
dictatorial
145
tyrannical
dictatorial
146
abstruse
difficult to understand
147
ambiguous
difficult to understand
148
arcane
difficult to understand
149
bemusing
difficult to understand
150
defile
disgusting/offensive
151
fetid
disgusting/offensive
152
invidious
disgusting/offensive
153
noisome
disgusting/offensive
154
odious
disgusting/offensive
155
putrid
disgusting/offensive
156
rebarbative
disgusting/offensive
157
malodorous
disgusting/offensive
158
articulate
easy to understand
159
cogent
easy to understand
160
eloquent
easy to understand
161
evident
easy to understand
162
limpid
easy to understand
163
lucid
easy to understand
164
pellucid
easy to understand
165
aberrant
eccentric/dissimilar
166
anachronism
eccentric/dissimilar
167
anomalous
eccentric/dissimilar
168
discrete
eccentric/dissimilar
169
eclectic
eccentric/dissimilar
170
esoteric
eccentric/dissimilar
171
iconoclast
eccentric/dissimilar
172
abash
embarrass
173
chagrin
embarrass
174
compunction
embarrass
175
contrition
embarrass
176
diffidence
embarrass
177
expiate
embarrass
178
foible
embarrass
179
gaucherie
embarrass
180
rue
embarrass
181
equitable
equal
182
equity
equal
183
tantamount
embarrass
184
apocryphal
falsehood
185
canard
falsehood
186
chicanery
falsehood
187
dissemble
falsehood
188
duplicity
falsehood
189
equivocate
falsehood
190
erroneous
falsehood
191
ersatz
falsehood
192
fallacious
falsehood
193
feigned
falsehood
194
guile
falsehood
195
mendacious/mendacity
falsehood
196
perfidy
falsehood
197
prevaricate
falsehood
198
specious
falsehood
199
spurious
falsehood
200
conjugal
family
201
consanguine
family
202
distaff
family
203
endogamous
family
204
filial
family
205
fraternal
family
206
fratricide
family
207
progenitor
family
208
scion
family
209
sorority
family
210
ardent/ardor
favoring/not impartial
211
doctrinaire
favoring/not impartial
212
fervid
favoring/not impartial
213
partisan
favoring/not impartial
214
tendentious
favoring/not impartial
215
zealot
favoring/not impartial
216
absolve
forgive/make amends
217
acquit
forgive/make amends
218
ameliorate
forgive/make amends
219
exculpate
forgive/make amends
220
exonerate
forgive/make amends
221
expiate
forgive/make amends
222
palliate
forgive/make amends
223
redress
forgive/make amends
224
vindicate
forgive/make amends
225
chortle
funny
226
droll
funny
227
facetious
funny
228
flippant
funny
229
gibe
funny
230
jocular
funny
231
levity
funny
232
ludicrous
funny
233
raillery
funny
234
riposte
funny
235
abatement
gaps/openings
236
aperture
gaps/openings
237
fissure
gaps/openings
238
hiatus
gaps/openings
239
interregnum
gaps/openings
240
interstice
gaps/openings
241
lull
gaps/openings
242
orifice
gaps/openings
243
rent
gaps/openings
244
respite
gaps/openings
245
rift
gaps/openings
246
altruistic
generous/kind
247
beneficent
generous/kind
248
clement
generous/kind
249
largess
generous/kind
250
magnanimous
generous/kind
251
munificent
generous/kind
252
philanthropic
generous/kind
253
unstinting
generous/kind
254
avaricious
greedy
255
covetous
greedy
256
mercenary
greedy
257
miserly
greedy
258
penurious
greedy
259
rapacious
greedy
260
venal
greedy
261
asperity
hard-hearted
262
baleful
hard-hearted
263
dour
hard-hearted
264
fell
hard-hearted
265
malevolent
hard-hearted
266
mordant
hard-hearted
267
sardonic
hard-hearted
268
scathing
hard-hearted
269
truculent
hard-hearted
270
vitriolic
hard-hearted
271
vituperation
hard-hearted
272
baleful
harmful
273
baneful
harmful
274
deleterious
harmful
275
inimical
harmful
276
injurious
harmful
277
insidious
harmful
278
minatory
harmful
279
perfidious
harmful
280
pernicious
harmful
281
cacophony
harsh-sounding
282
din
harsh-sounding
283
dissonant
harsh-sounding
284
raucous
harsh-sounding
285
strident
harsh-sounding
286
abhorrence
hatred
287
anathema
hatred
288
antagonism
hatred
289
antipathy
hatred
290
detestation
hatred
291
enmity
hatred
292
loathing
hatred
293
malice
hatred
294
odium
hatred
295
rancor
hatred
296
beneficial
healthy
297
salubrious
healthy
298
salutary
healthy
299
dither
hesitate
300
oscillate
hesitate
301
teeter
hesitate
302
vacillate
hesitate
303
waver
hesitate
304
antithetic
hostile
305
churlish
hostile
306
curmudgeon
hostile
307
irascible
hostile
308
malevolent
hostile
309
misanthropic
hostile
310
truculent
hostile
311
vindictive
hostile
312
credulous
innocent/inexperienced
313
gullible
innocent/inexperienced
314
ingenuous
innocent/inexperienced
315
naive
innocent/inexperienced
316
novitiate
innocent/inexperienced
317
tyro
innocent/inexperienced
318
disingenuous
insincere
319
dissemble
insincere
320
fulsome
insincere
321
ostensible
insincere
322
unctuous
insincere
323
appraise
investigate
324
ascertain
investigate
325
assay
investigate
326
descry
investigate
327
peruse
investigate
328
indolent
lazy/sluggish
329
inert
lazy/sluggish
330
lackadaisical
lazy/sluggish
331
languid
lazy/sluggish
332
lassitude
lazy/sluggish
333
lethargic
lazy/sluggish
334
phlegmatic
lazy/sluggish
335
quiescent
lazy/sluggish
336
slothful
lazy/sluggish
337
torpid
lazy/sluggish
338
adventitious
luck
339
amulet
luck
340
auspicious
luck
341
fortuitous
luck
342
kismet
luck
343
portentous
luck
344
propitiate
luck
345
propitious
luck
346
providential
luck
347
serendipity
luck
348
talisman
luck
349
admonish
nag
350
belabor
nag
351
cavil
nag
352
enjoin
nag
353
exhort
nag
354
harangue
nag
355
hector
nag
356
martinet
nag
357
remonstrate
nag
358
reproof
nag
359
fetid
nasty
360
noisome
nasty
361
noxious
nasty
362
askance
not a straight line
363
awry
not a straight line
364
careen
not a straight line
365
carom
not a straight line
366
circuitous
not a straight line
367
circumvent
not a straight line
368
gyrate
not a straight line
369
labyrinth
not a straight line
370
meander
not a straight line
371
oblique
not a straight line
372
serrated
not a straight line
373
sidle
not a straight line
374
sinuous
not a straight line
375
undulating
not a straight line
376
vortex
not a straight line
377
bombastic
overblown/wordy
378
circumlocution
overblown/wordy
379
garrulous
overblown/wordy
380
grandiloquent
overblown/wordy
381
loquacious
overblown/wordy
382
periphrastic
overblown/wordy
383
prolix
overblown/wordy
384
rhetoric
overblown/wordy
385
turgid
overblown/wordy
386
verbose
overblown/wordy
387
ameliorate
pacify/satisfy
388
appease
pacify/satisfy
389
assuage
pacify/satisfy
390
defer
pacify/satisfy
391
mitigate
pacify/satisfy
392
mollify
pacify/satisfy
393
placate
pacify/satisfy
394
propitiate
pacify/satisfy
395
satiate
pacify/satisfy
396
slake
pacify/satisfy
397
soothe
pacify/satisfy
398
euphonious
pleasant-sounding
399
harmonious
pleasant-sounding
400
melodious
pleasant-sounding
401
sonorous
pleasant-sounding
402
destitue
poor
403
impecunious
poor
404
indigent
poor
405
acclaim
praise
406
accolade
praise
407
aggrandize
praise
408
encomium
praise
409
eulogize
praise
410
extol
praise
411
fawn
praise
412
laud/laudatory
praise
413
venerate/veneration
praise
414
augur
predict
415
auspice
predict
416
fey
predict
417
harbinger
predict
418
portentous
predict
419
presage
predict
420
prescient
predict
421
prognosticate
predict
422
discomfit
prevent/obstruct
423
encumber
prevent/obstruct
424
fetter
prevent/obstruct
425
forfend
prevent/obstruct
426
hinder
prevent/obstruct
427
impede
prevent/obstruct
428
inhibit
prevent/obstruct
429
occlude
prevent/obstruct
430
thwart
prevent/obstruct
431
astute
smart/learned
432
canny
smart/learned
433
erudite
smart/learned
434
perspicacious
smart/learned
435
disconsolate
sorrow
436
doleful
sorrow
437
dolor
sorrow
438
elegiac
sorrow
439
forlorn
sorrow
440
lament
sorrow
441
lugubrious
sorrow
442
melancholy
sorrow
443
morose
sorrow
444
plaintive
sorrow
445
threnody
sorrow
446
implacable
stubborn
447
inexorable
stubborn
448
intractable
stubborn
449
intransigent
stubborn
450
obdurate
stubborn
451
obstinate
stubborn
452
recalcitrant
stubborn
453
refractory
stubborn
454
renitent
stubborn
455
untoward
stubborn
456
vexing
stubborn
457
compendious
terse
458
curt
terse
459
laconic
terse
460
pithy
terse
461
succinct
terse
462
taciturn
terse
463
anachronism
time/order/duration
464
antecede
time/order/duration
465
antedate
time/order/duration
466
anterior
time/order/duration
467
archaic
time/order/duration
468
diurnal
time/order/duration
469
eon
time/order/duration
470
ephemeral
time/order/duration
471
epoch
time/order/duration
472
fortnight
time/order/duration
473
millennium
time/order/duration
474
penultimate
time/order/duration
475
synchronous
time/order/duration
476
temporal
time/order/duration
477
craven
timid/timidity
478
diffident
timid/timidity
479
pusillanimous
timid/timidity
480
recreant
timid/timidity
481
timorous
timid/timidity
482
trepidation
timid/timidity
483
candor/candid
truth
484
fealty
truth
485
frankness
truth
486
indisputable
truth
487
indubitable
truth
488
legitimate
truth
489
probity
truth
490
sincere
truth
491
veracious
truth
492
verity
truth
493
aberration
unusual
494
anomaly
unusual
495
iconoclast
unusual
496
idiosyncrasy
unusual
497
ambulatory
wandering
498
discursive
wandering
499
expatiate
wandering
500
forage
wandering
501
itinerant
wandering
502
meander
wandering
503
peregrination
wandering
504
peripatetic
wandering
505
sojourn
wandering
506
adulterate
weaken
507
enervate
weaken
508
exacerbate
weaken
509
inhibit
weaken
510
obviate
weaken
511
stultify
weaken
512
undermine
weaken
513
vitiate
weaken
514
adage
wisdom
515
aphorism
wisdom
516
apothegm
wisdom
517
axiom
wisdom
518
bromide
wisdom
519
dictum
wisdom
520
epigram
wisdom
521
platitude
wisdom
522
sententious
wisdom
523
truism
wisdom
524
abeyance
withdrawal/retreat
525
abjure
withdrawal/retreat
526
abnegation
withdrawal/retreat
527
abortive
withdrawal/retreat
528
abrogate
withdrawal/retreat
529
decamp
withdrawal/retreat
530
demur
withdrawal/retreat
531
recant
withdrawal/retreat
532
recidivism
withdrawal/retreat
533
remission
withdrawal/retreat
534
renege
withdrawal/retreat
535
rescind
withdrawal/retreat
536
retrograde
withdrawal/retreat