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GRE word groups A-D
Kaplan word groups A-D; to start to get a feel of what words mean
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abridge | abbreviated communication |
| compendium | abbreviated communication |
| cursory | abbreviated communication |
| curtail | abbreviated communication |
| syllabus | abbreviated communication |
| synopsis | abbreviated communication |
| terse | abbreviated communication |
| abrupt | act quickly |
| apace | act quickly |
| headlong | act quickly |
| impetuous | act quickly |
| precipitate | act quickly |
| abet | assist |
| advocate | assist |
| ancillary | assist |
| bolster | assist |
| corroborate | assist |
| countenance | assist |
| espouse | assist |
| mainstay | assist |
| munificent | assist |
| proponent | assist |
| stalwart | assist |
| sustenance | assist |
| bilious | bad mood |
| dudgeon | bad mood |
| irascible | bad mood |
| pettish | bad mood |
| petulant | bad mood |
| pique | bad mood |
| querulous | bad mood |
| umbrage | bad mood |
| waspish | bad mood |
| dilettante | beginner/amateur |
| fledgling | beginner/amateur |
| neophyte | beginner/amateur |
| novitiate | beginner/amateur |
| proselyte | beginner/amateur |
| tyro | beginner/amateur |
| burgeoning | beginning/young |
| callow | beginning/young |
| engender | beginning/young |
| inchoate | beginning/young |
| incipient | beginning/young |
| nascent | beginning/young |
| acerbic | biting wit/temperament |
| acidulous | biting wit/temperament |
| asperity | biting wit/temperament |
| acrimonious | biting wit/temperament |
| caustic | biting wit/temperament |
| mordacious | biting wit/temperament |
| mordant | biting wit/temperament |
| trenchant | biting wit/temperament |
| audacious | bold |
| courageous | bold |
| dauntless | bold |
| banal | boring |
| fatuous | boring |
| hackneyed | boring |
| insipid | boring |
| mundane | boring |
| pedestrian | boring |
| platitude | boring |
| prosaic | boring |
| quotidian | boring |
| trite | boring |
| bacchanalian | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| debauchery | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| depraved | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| dissipated | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| iniquity | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| libertine | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| libidinous | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| licentious | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| reprobate | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| ribald | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| salacious | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| sordid | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| turpitude | carousal (drinking/partying) |
| capricious | changing quickly |
| mercurial | changing quickly |
| volatile | changing quickly |
| counterpart | copy |
| emulate | copy |
| facsimile | copy |
| factitious | copy |
| paradigm | copy |
| precursor | copy |
| quintessence | copy |
| simulated | copy |
| vicarious | copy |
| aspersion | criticize/criticism |
| belittle | criticize/criticism |
| berate | criticize/criticism |
| calumny | criticize/criticism |
| castigate | criticize/criticism |
| decry | criticize/criticism |
| defamation | criticize/criticism |
| denounce | criticize/criticism |
| deride/derisive | criticize/criticism |
| diatribe | criticize/criticism |
| disparage | criticize/criticism |
| excoriate | criticize/criticism |
| gainsay | criticize/criticism |
| harangue | criticize/criticism |
| impugn | criticize/criticism |
| inveigh | criticize/criticism |
| lambaste | criticize/criticism |
| objurgate | criticize/criticism |
| obloquy | criticize/criticism |
| opprobrium | criticize/criticism |
| pillory | criticize/criticism |
| rebuke | criticize/criticism |
| remonstrate | criticize/criticism |
| reprehend | criticize/criticism |
| reprove | criticize/criticism |
| revile | criticize/criticism |
| tirade | criticize/criticism |
| vituperate | criticize/criticism |
| bereave | death/mourning |
| cadaver | death/mourning |
| defunct | death/mourning |
| demise | death/mourning |
| dolorous | death/mourning |
| elegy | death/mourning |
| knell | death/mourning |
| lament | death/mourning |
| macabre | death/mourning |
| moribund | death/mourning |
| obsequies | death/mourning |
| sepulchral | death/mourning |
| wraith | death/mourning |