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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 |
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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 |