Words & Groups Flashcards

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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
``` Ardent/ardor Doctrinaire Fervid Partisan Tendentious Zealot ```
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Forgive/Make Amends
``` Absolve Acquit Ameliorate Exculpate Exonerate Expiate Palliate Redress Vindicate ```
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Funny
``` Chortle Droll Facetious Flippant Gibe Jocular Levity Ludicrous Raillery Riposte ```
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Gaps/Openings
``` Abatement Aperture Fissure Hiatus Interregnum Interstice Lull Orifice Rent Respite Rift ```
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Generous/Kind
``` Altruistic Beneficent Clement Largess Magnanimous Munificent Philanthropic Unstinting ```
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Greedy
``` Avaricious Covetous Mercenary Miserly Penurious Rapacious Venal ```
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Hard-Hearted
``` Asperity Baleful Dour Fell Malevolent Mordant Sardonic Scathing Truculent Vitriolic Vituperation ```
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Harmful
``` Baleful Baneful Deleterious Inimical Injurious Insidious Minatory Perfidious Pernicious ```
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Harsh-Sounding
``` Cacophony Din Dissonant Raucous Strident ```
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Hatred
``` Abhorrence Anathema Antagonism Antipathy Detestation Enmity Loathing Malice Odium Rancor ```
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Healthy
Beneficia Salubrious Salutary
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Hesitate
``` Dither Oscillate Teeter Vacillate Waver ```
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Hostile
``` Antithetic Churlish Curmudgeon Irascible Malevolent Misanthropic Truculent Vindictive ```
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Innocent/Inexperienced
``` Credulous Gullible Ingenuous Naive Novitiate Tyro ```
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Insincere
``` Disingenuous Dissemble Fulsome Ostensible Unctuous ```
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Investigate
``` Appraise Ascertain Assay Descry Peruse ```
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Lazy/Sluggish
``` Indolent Inert Lackadaisical Languid Lassitude Lethargic Phlegmatic Quiescent Slothful Torpid ```
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Luck
``` Amulet Auspicious Fortuitous Kismet Portentous Propitiate Propitious Providential Serendipity Talisman ```
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Nag
``` 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
``` Askance Awry Careen Carom Circuitous Circumvent Gyrate Labyrinth Meander Oblique Serrated Sidle Sinuous Undulating Vortex ```
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Overblown/Wordy
``` Bombastic Circumlocution Garrulous Grandiloquent Loquacious Periphrastic Prolix Rhetoric Turgid Verbose ```
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Pacify/Satisfy
``` 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
``` Acclaim Accolate Aggrandize Encomium Eulogize Extol Fawn Laud/laudatory Venerate/veneration ```
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Predict
``` Augur Auspice Fey Harbinger Portentous Presage Prescient Prognosticate ```
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Prevent/Obstruct
``` Discomfit Encumber Fetter Forfend Hinder Impede Inhibit Occlude Thwart ```
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Smart/Learned
Astute Canny Erudite Perspicacious
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Sorrow
``` Disconsolate Doleful Dolor Elegiac Forlorn Lament Lugubrious Melancholy Morose Plaintive Threnody ```
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Stubborn
``` Implacable Inexorable Intractable Intransigent Obdurate Obstinate Recalcitrant Refractory Renitent Untoward Vexing ```
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Terse
``` Compendious Curt Laconic Pithy Succinct Taciturn ```
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Time/Order/Duration
``` Anachronism Antecede Antedate Anterior Archaic Diurnal Eon Ephemeral Epoch Fortnight Millennium Penultimate Synchronous Temporal ```
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Timid/Timidity
``` Craven Diffident Pusillanimous Recreant Timorous Trepidation ```
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Truth
``` 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
``` Ambulatory Discursive Expatiate Forage Itinerant Meander Peregrination Peripatetic Sojourn ```
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Weaken
``` Adulterate Enervate Exacerbate Inhibit Obviate Stultify Undermine Vitiate ```
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Wisdom
``` Adage Aphorism Apothegm Axion Bromide Dictum Epigram Platitude Sententious Truism ```
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Withdrawal/Retreat
``` Abeyance Abjure Abnegation Abortive Abrogate Decamp Demur Recant Recidivism Remission Renege Rescind Retrograde ```