Word Groups Flashcards
1
Q
Capricious
A
Changing Quickly
2
Q
Calumny
A
Criticism/Criticize
3
Q
Salacious
A
Carousal
4
Q
Vaccilate
A
Hesitate
5
Q
Apace
A
Act Quickly
6
Q
Turbid
A
Difficult to Understand
7
Q
Pellucid
A
Easy to Understand
8
Q
Gainsay
A
Criticism/Criticize
9
Q
Mordant/Mordacious
A
Biting (Wit)
10
Q
Perspicacious
A
Smart
11
Q
Asperity
A
Biting (Wit)
Similar to ‘aspersion’, in the criticism word group
12
Q
Opprobrium
A
Criticism/Criticize
13
Q
Ersatz
A
Falsehood
14
Q
Vituperate
A
Criticism/Criticize
15
Q
Dissipated
A
Carousal
16
Q
Venerate
A
Praise
17
Q
Limpid
A
Easy to Understand
18
Q
Iniquity
A
Carousal
19
Q
Veracious
A
Truth
20
Q
Ribald
A
Carousal
21
Q
Penurious
A
Greedy
22
Q
Aspersion
A
Criticism/Criticize
23
Q
Probity
A
Truth
24
Q
Canard
A
Falsehood
Remember: ‘Canard’ is the French word for ‘Fox’
25
Riposte
Funny
26
Inimical
Harmful
27
Acrimonious
Biting (Wit)
28
Inveigh
Criticism/Criticize
29
Recondite
Difficult to Understand
30
Trenchant
Biting (Wit)
31
Encomium
Praise
32
Minatory
Harmful
| Like a minotaur might be
33
Obloquy
Criticism/Criticize
34
Pusillanimous
Timid
35
Reprobate
Carousal
36
Recreant
Timid
37
Fatuous
Boring
38
Objurgate
Criticism/Criticize
39
Gibe
Funny
40
Umbrage
Bad Mood
| Like Dolores Umbridge, one-time headmistress of Hogwarts
41
Prosaic
Boring
42
Perfidious
Harmful
43
Truculent
Hostile
44
Ancillary
Assist
45
Rapacious
Greedy
46
Excoriate
Criticism/Criticize
47
Chicanery
Falsehood
48
Churlish
Hostile
49
Expatiate
Wandering
50
Covetous
Greedy
| Remember: thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife
51
Prolix
Wordy
52
Pillory
Criticism/Criticize
53
Turgid
Wordy
54
Gaucherie
Embarrass/Embarrassment
| Remember: something gauche could be quite embarrassing
55
Novitiate
Amateur
| Similar to novice
56
Presage
Predict
57
Turpitude
Carousal
58
Esurient
Poor
59
Proselyte
Amateur
60
Tendentious
Favoring
61
Discomfit
Prevent
62
Tyro
Amateur
63
Raillery
Funny
64
Fetter
Prevent
| Opposite of unfettered
65
Simper
Funny
66
Inpecunious
Poor
67
Iconoclast
Unusual
68
Discursive
Wandering
69
Munificent
Assist
70
Peripatetic
Wandering
71
Fey
Predict
| Like Tina Fey predicted Alec Baldwin would be a huge success on 30 Rock
72
Dudgeon
Bad Mood
| Like you would be, if you were in a dungeon
73
Encumber
Prevent
| Opposite of unencumbered
74
Peregrination
Wandering
75
Querulous
Bad Mood
76
Diffidence
Embarrass/Embarrassment
77
Explate
Bad Mood
78
Augur
Predict
79
Portentious
Predict
80
Bilious
Bad Mood
| Remember: the Greeks thought that excessive amount of bile cause ill-temperedness
81
Indigent
Poor
