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Kaplan's Word Group
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated Communication | abridge, Compendium, Cursory, Curtail, Syllabus, Synopsis, Terse |
| Act Quickly | Abrupt, Apace, Headlong, Impetuous, Precipitate |
| Assist | Abet, Advocate, Ancillary, Bolster, Corroborate, Countenance, Espouse, Mainstay, Munificent, Proponent, stalwart, sustenance |
| Bad Mood | Bilious, dudgeon, irascible, pettish, petulant, pique, querulous, umbrage, waspish |
| Beginner/Amateur | dilettante, Fledgling, neophyte, novitiate, proselyte tyro |
| Beginning/Young | burgeoning, callow, engender, inchoate, incipient, nascent |
| Biting(as in wit or temperament) | Acerbic, acidulous, acrimonious, asperity, caustic, mordacious, mordant, trenchant |
| Bold | Audacious, Courageous, Dauntless |
| Boring | banal, fatuous, hackneyed, insipid, mundane, pedestrian, platitude, prosaic, quotidian, trite |
| Carousal | Bacchanalian, debauchery, depraved, dissipated, iniquity, libertine, libidinous, licentious, reprobate, ribald, salacious, sordid, turpitude |
| Changing Quickly | Capricious, Mercurial, Volatile |
| Copy | Counterpart, Emulate, fascimile, factitious, paradigm, precursor, quintessence, simulated, vicarious |
| Criticise | aspersion belittle berate calumny castigate decry defamation denounce deride/derisive diatribe disparage excoriate gainsay harangue impugn inveigh lambaste objurgate obloquy opprobium pillory rebuke remonstrate reprehend reprove r |
| Death/Mourning | bereave cadaver defunct demise dolorous elegy knell lament macabre moribund obsequies sepulchral wraith |
| Denying of Self | abnegate abstain ascetic spartan stoic temperate |
| Dictatorial | authoritarian despotic dogmatic hegemonic imperious peremptory tyrannical |
| Difficult to Understand | abstruse ambiguous arcane bemusing cryptic enigmatic esoteric inscrutable obscure opaque paradoxical perplexing recondite turbid |
| Disgusting/Offensive | defile fetid invidious noisome odious putrid rebarbative |
| Easy to Understand | articulate cogent eloquent evident limpid lucid pellucid |
| Eccentric/Dissimilar | aberrant anachronism anomalous discrete eclectic esoteric iconoclast |
| Embarrass | abash chagrin compunction contrition diffidence expiate foible gaucherie rue |
| Equal | equitable equity tantamount |
| Falsehood | apocryphal canard chicanery dissemble duplicity equivocate erroneous ersatz fallacious feigned guile mendacious mendacity perfidy pervaricate specious spurious |
| Family | conjugal consanguine distaff endogamous filial fratricide progenitor scion |
| Favoring/Not Impartial | ardor/ardent doctrinaire fervid partisan tendentious zealot |
| Forgive | absolve acquit exculpate exonerate expiate palliate redress vindicate |
| Funny | chortle droll facetious flippant gibe jocular levity ludicrous raillery riposte simper |
| Gaps/Openings | abatement aperture fissure hiatus interregnum interstice lull orfice rent respite rift |
| Generous/Kind | altruistic beneficent clement largess magnanimous munificent philanthropic unstinting |
| Greedy | avaricious covetous mercenary miserly penurious rapacious venal |
| Hard-hearted | asperity baleful dour fell malevolent mordant sardonic scathing truculent vitriloc vituperation |
| Harmful | baleful baneful deleterious inimical injurious insidious minatory perfidious pernicious |
| Harsh-Sounding | cacophony din dissonant raucous strident |
| Hatred | abhorrence anathema antagonism antipathy detestation enmity loathing malice odium rancor |
| Healthy | beneficial salubrious salutary hestate dither oscillate teeter vacillate waver |
| Hostile | antithetic churlish curmudgeon irascible malevolent misanthropic truculent vindictive |
| Innocent/Inexperienced | credulous gullible ingenuous naive novtiate tyro |
| Insincere | disingenuous dissemble fulsome ostensible unctuous |
| Investigate | appraise ascertain assay descry peruse |
| Lazy/Sluggish | Indolent inert lackadaisical languid lassitude lethargic phlegmatic quiescent slothful torpid |
| Luck | adventitious amulet auspicous fortuitous kismet optimum portentous propitiate propitious providential talisman |
| Nag | admonish belabor cavil enjoin exhort harangue hector martinet remonstrate reproof |
| Nasty | fetid noisome noxious |
| Not a Straight LIne | askance awry careen carom circultous circumvent gyrate labyrinth meander oblique serrated sidle sinuous undulating vortex |
| Overblown/Wordy | bombastic circumlocution garrulous grandiloquent loquacious periphrastic prolix rhetoric turgid verbose |
| Pacify/Satisfy | ameliorate appease assuage defer mitigate molify placate propitiate satiate slake soothe |
| Pleasant-Sounding | euphnious harmonious meodious sonorous |
| Poor | destitute esurient impercunious indigent |
| Praise | acclaim accolate aggrandize encomum eulogize extol fawn laud/laudatory venerate/veneration |
| Predict | augur auspice fey harbinger portentous persage prescient prognosticate |
| Prevent/Obstruct | discomfort encumber fetter forfend hinder impede inhibit occlude |
| Smart/Learned | astute canny erudite perspicacious |
| Sorry | disconsolate doleful dolor elegiac forlom lament lugubrious melancholy morose plaintive threnody |
| Stubborn | implacable inexorable intractable intransigent obdurate obstinate recalcitrant refractory renitent untoward vexing |
| Terse | compendious curt laconic pithy succinct taciturn |
| Time/Order/Duration | anachronism antecede antedate anterior archaic dilurnal eon ephemeral epoch fortnight millennium penultimate synchronous temporal |
| Timid/Timidity | craven diffident pusillanimous recreant timorous trepidation |
| Truth | candor/candid fealty frankness indisputable indubitable legitimate probity sincere veracious verity |
| Unusual | aberration anomaly iconociast idosyncrassy |
| Walking About | ambulatory itinerant peripatetic |
| Wandering | discursive expatiate forage itinerant peregrination peripatetic sojourn |
| Weaken | adulterate enervate exacerbate inhibit obviate stultify undermine vitiate |
| Wisdom | adage sphorism apothegm axiom bromide dicturn epigram platitude sentetious truism |
| Withdrawal/Retreat | abeyance abjure abnegation abortive abrogate decamp demur recant recidivism remission renege rescind retrograde |
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