Words & Groups Flashcards
(64 cards)
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Abbreviated Communication
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Abridge Compendium Cursory Curtail Syllabus Synopsis Terse
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Act Quickly
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Abrupt Apace Headlong Impetuous Precipitate
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Assist
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Abet Advocate Ancillary Bolster Corroborate Countenance Espouse Mainstay Munificent Proponent Stalwart Sustenance
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Bad Mood
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Bilious Dudgeon Irascible Pettish Petulant Pique Querulous Umbrage Waspish
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Beginning/Amateur
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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)
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Acerbic Acidulous Acrimonious Asperity Caustic Mordacious Mordant Trenchant
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Bold
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Audacious
Courageous
Dauntless
Intrepid
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Boring
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Banal Hackneyed Insipid Mundane Pedestrian Platitude Prosaic Quotidian Trite
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Carousal
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Bacchanalian Debauchery Depraved Dissipated Iniquity Libertine Libidinous Licentious Reprobate Ribald Salacious Sordid Turpitude
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Changing Quickly
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Capricious
Mercurial
Volatile
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Copy
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Counterpart Emulate Facsimile Factitious Paradigm Precursor Quintessence Simulate Vicarious
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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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Death/Mourning
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Bereave Cadaver Defunct Demise Dolorous Elegy Knell Lament Macabre Moribund Obsequies Sepulchral Wraith
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Denying of Self
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Abnegate Abstain Ascetic Spartan Stoic Temperate
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Dictatorial
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Authoritarian Despotic Dogmatic Hegemonic/hegemony Imperious Peremptory Tyrannical
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Difficult to Understand
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Abstruse Ambiguous Arcane Bemusing Cryptic Enigmatic Esoteric Inscrutable Obscure Opaque Paradoxical Perplexing Recondite Turbid
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Disgusting/Offensive
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Defile Fetid Invidious Noisome Odious Putrid Rebarbative Malodorous
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Easy to Understand
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Articulate Cogent Eloquent Evident Limpid Lucid Pellucid
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Eccentric/Dissimilar
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Aberrant Anachronism Anomalous Discrete Eclectic Esoteric Iconoclast
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Embarrass
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Abash Chagrin Compunction Contrition Diffidence Expiate Foible Gaucherie Rue
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Equal
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Equitable
Equity
Tantamount
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Falsehood
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Apocryphal Canard Chicanery Dissemble Duplicity Equivocate Erroneous Ersatz Fallacious Feigned Guile Mendacious/Mendacity Perfidy Prevaricate Specious Spurious
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Family
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Conjugal Consanguine Distaff Endogamous Filial Fraternal Fratricide Progenitor Scion Sorority
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Favoring/Not Impartial
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Ardent/ardor
Doctrinaire
Fervid
Partisan
Tendentious
Zealot
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Forgive/Make Amends
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Absolve
Acquit
Ameliorate
Exculpate
Exonerate
Expiate
Palliate
Redress
Vindicate
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Funny
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Chortle
Droll
Facetious
Flippant
Gibe
Jocular
Levity
Ludicrous
Raillery
Riposte
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Gaps/Openings
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Abatement
Aperture
Fissure
Hiatus
Interregnum
Interstice
Lull
Orifice
Rent
Respite
Rift
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Generous/Kind
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Altruistic
Beneficent
Clement
Largess
Magnanimous
Munificent
Philanthropic
Unstinting
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Greedy
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Avaricious
Covetous
Mercenary
Miserly
Penurious
Rapacious
Venal
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Hard-Hearted
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Asperity
Baleful
Dour
Fell
Malevolent
Mordant
Sardonic
Scathing
Truculent
Vitriolic
Vituperation
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Harmful
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Baleful
Baneful
Deleterious
Inimical
Injurious
Insidious
Minatory
Perfidious
Pernicious
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Harsh-Sounding
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Cacophony
Din
Dissonant
Raucous
Strident
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Hatred
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Abhorrence
Anathema
Antagonism
Antipathy
Detestation
Enmity
Loathing
Malice
Odium
Rancor
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Healthy
Beneficia
Salubrious
Salutary
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Hesitate
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Dither
Oscillate
Teeter
Vacillate
Waver
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Hostile
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Antithetic
Churlish
Curmudgeon
Irascible
Malevolent
Misanthropic
Truculent
Vindictive
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Innocent/Inexperienced
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Credulous
Gullible
Ingenuous
Naive
Novitiate
Tyro
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Insincere
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Disingenuous
Dissemble
Fulsome
Ostensible
Unctuous
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Investigate
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Appraise
Ascertain
Assay
Descry
Peruse
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Lazy/Sluggish
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Indolent
Inert
Lackadaisical
Languid
Lassitude
Lethargic
Phlegmatic
Quiescent
Slothful
Torpid
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Luck
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Amulet
Auspicious
Fortuitous
Kismet
Portentous
Propitiate
Propitious
Providential
Serendipity
Talisman
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Nag
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Admonish
Belabor
Cavil
Enjoin
Exhort
Harangue
Hector
Martinet
Remonstrate
Reproof
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Nasty
Fetid
Noisome
Noxious
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Not a Straight Line
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Askance
Awry
Careen
Carom
Circuitous
Circumvent
Gyrate
Labyrinth
Meander
Oblique
Serrated
Sidle
Sinuous
Undulating
Vortex
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Overblown/Wordy
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Bombastic
Circumlocution
Garrulous
Grandiloquent
Loquacious
Periphrastic
Prolix
Rhetoric
Turgid
Verbose
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Ameliorate
Appease
Assuage
Defer
Mitigate
Mollify
Placate
Propitiate
Satiate
Slake
Soothe
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Pleasant-Sounding
Euphonious
Harmonious
Melodious
Sonorous
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Poor
Destitute
Impecunious
Indigent
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Praise
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Acclaim
Accolate
Aggrandize
Encomium
Eulogize
Extol
Fawn
Laud/laudatory
Venerate/veneration
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Predict
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Augur
Auspice
Fey
Harbinger
Portentous
Presage
Prescient
Prognosticate
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Prevent/Obstruct
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Discomfit
Encumber
Fetter
Forfend
Hinder
Impede
Inhibit
Occlude
Thwart
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Smart/Learned
Astute
Canny
Erudite
Perspicacious
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Sorrow
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Disconsolate
Doleful
Dolor
Elegiac
Forlorn
Lament
Lugubrious
Melancholy
Morose
Plaintive
Threnody
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Stubborn
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Implacable
Inexorable
Intractable
Intransigent
Obdurate
Obstinate
Recalcitrant
Refractory
Renitent
Untoward
Vexing
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Terse
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Compendious
Curt
Laconic
Pithy
Succinct
Taciturn
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Time/Order/Duration
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Anachronism
Antecede
Antedate
Anterior
Archaic
Diurnal
Eon
Ephemeral
Epoch
Fortnight
Millennium
Penultimate
Synchronous
Temporal
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Timid/Timidity
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Craven
Diffident
Pusillanimous
Recreant
Timorous
Trepidation
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Truth
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Candor/candid
Fealty
Frankness
Indisputable
Indubitable
Legitimate
Probity
Sincere
Veracious
Verity
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Unusual
Aberration
Anomaly
Iconoclast
Idiosyncrasy
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Wandering
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Ambulatory
Discursive
Expatiate
Forage
Itinerant
Meander
Peregrination
Peripatetic
Sojourn
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Weaken
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Adulterate
Enervate
Exacerbate
Inhibit
Obviate
Stultify
Undermine
Vitiate
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Wisdom
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Adage
Aphorism
Apothegm
Axion
Bromide
Dictum
Epigram
Platitude
Sententious
Truism
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Withdrawal/Retreat
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Abeyance
Abjure
Abnegation
Abortive
Abrogate
Decamp
Demur
Recant
Recidivism
Remission
Renege
Rescind
Retrograde
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