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GRE WORD GROUPS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 in wit |
| Acidulous | biting in wit |
| Acrimonious | biting in wit |
| Asperity | biting in wit |
| Caustic | biting in wit |
| Mordacious | biting and wit |
| Mordant | biting and wit |
| Trenchant | biting in wit |
| Audacious | bold |
| Courageous | bold |
| Dauntless | bold |
| Intrepid | bold |
| Banal | boring |
| Fatuous | boring |
| Hackneyed | boring |
| Insipid | boring |
| Mundane | boring |
| Pedestrian | boring |
| Platitude | boring |
| Prosaic | boring |
| Quotidian | boring |
| Trite | boring |
| Bacchanalian | carousal |
| Debauchery | carousal |
| Depraved | carousal |
| Dissipated | carousal |
| Iniquity | carousal |
| Libertine | carousal |
| Libidinous | carousal |
| Licentious | carousal |
| Reprobate | carousal |
| Ribald | carousal |
| Salacious | carousal |
| Sordid | carousal |
| Turpitude | carousal |
| Capricious | changing quickly |
| Mercurial | changing quickly |
| Volatile | changing quickly |
| Counterpart | copy |
| Emulate | copy |
| Facsimile | copy |
| Factitious | copy |
| Paradigm | copy |
| Precursor | copy |
| Quintessence | copy |
| Simulate | copy Vicarious |
| Decry | criticize/criticism Disdain/defamation |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Abnegate | denying of self |
| Abstain | denying of self |
| Ascetic | denying of self |
| Spartan | denying of self |
| Stoic | denying of self |
| Temperate | denying of self |
| Authoritarian | dictatorial |
| Despotic | dictatorial |
| Dogmatic | dictatorial |
| hegemonic /hegemony | dictatorial |
| imperious | dictatorial |
| peremptory | dictatorial |
| tyrannical | dictatorial |
| abstruse | hard to understand |
| ambiguous | hard to understand |
| arcane | hard to understand |
| bemusing | hard to understand |
| Cryptic | hard to understand |
| Enigmatic | hard to understand |
| Esoteric | hard to understand |
| Inscrutable | hard to understand |
| Obscure | hard to understand |
| Opaque | hard to understand |
| Paradoxical | hard to understand |
| Perplexing | hard to understand |
| Recondite | hard to understand |
| Turbid | hard to understand |
| Defile | disgusting/offensive |
| Fetid | disgusting/offensive |
| Invidious | disgusting/offensive |
| Noisome | disgusting/offensive |
| Odious | disgusting/offensive |
| Putrid | discussing/offensive |
| Rebarbative | disgusting/offensive |
| Malodorous | disgusting/offensive |
| Articulate | easy to understand |
| Cogent | easy to understand |
| Eloquent | easy-to-understand |
| Evident | easy to understand |
| Limpid | easy to understand |
| Lucid | easy to understand |
| Pellucid | easy to understand |
| Aberrant | eccentric/dissimilar |
| Anachronism | eccentric/dissimilar |
| Anomalous | eccentric/dissimilar |
| Discrete | eccentric/dissimilar |
| Eclectic | eccentric/dissimilar |
| Iconoclast | eccentric/dissimilar |
| Abash | embarrass |
| Chagrin | embarrass |
| Compunction | embarrass |
| Contrition | embarrass |
| Diffidence | embarrass |
| Expiate | embarrass |
| Foible | embarrass |
| Gaucherie | embarrass |
| Rue | embarrass |
| Equitable | equal |
| Equity | equal |
| Tantamount | equal |
| Apocryphal | falsehood |
| Canard | falsehood |
| Chicanery | falsehood |
| Dissemble | falsehood |
| Duplicity | falsehood |
| Equivocate | falsehood |
| Erroneous | falsehood |
| Ersatz | falsehood |
| Fallacious | falsehood |
| Feigned | falsehood |
| Guile | falsehood |
| mendacious/mendacity | falsehood |
| perfidy | falsehood |
| prevaricate | falsehood |
| specious | falsehood |
| spurious | falsehood |
| conjugal | family |
| consanguine | family |
| distaff | family |
| endogamous | family |
| filial | family |
| fratricide | family |
| progenitor | family |
| Scion | family |
| Ardent/ardor | favoring/not impartial |
| Doctrinaire | favoring/not impartial |
| Fervid | favoring/not impartial |
| Partisan | favoring/not impartial |
| Tendentious | favoring/not impartial |
| Zealot | favoring/not impartial |
| Absolve | forgive/make amends |
| Acquit | forgive/make amends |
| Ameliorate | forgive/make amends |
| Exculpate | forgive/make amends |
| Exonerate | forgive/make amends |
| Expiate | forgive/make amends |
| Palliate | forgive/make amends |
| Redress | forgive/make amends |
| Vindicate | forgive/make amends |
| Chortle | funny |
| Droll | funny |
| Facetious | funny |
| Flippant | funny |
| Gibe | funny |
| Jocular | funny |
| Levity | funny |
| Ludicrous | funny |
| Raillery | funny |
| Riposte | funny |
| Abatement | gap/openings |
| Aperture | gap/openings |
| Fissure | gap/openings |
| Hiatus | gaps/openings |
| Interregnum | gap/openings |
| Interstice | gap/openings |
| Lull | gaps/openings |
| Orifice | gaps/openings |
| Rent | gaps/openings |
| Respite | gaps/openings |
| Rift | gaps/openings |
| Altruistic | generous/kind |
| Beneficent | generous/kind |
| Clement | generous/kind |
| Largess | generous/kind |
| Magnanimous | generous/kind |
| Munificent | generous/kind |
| Philanthropic | generous/kind |
| Unstinting | generous/kind |
| Avaricious | greedy |
| Covetous | greedy |
| Mercenary | greedy |
| Miserly | greedy |
| Penurious | greedy |
| Rapacious | greedy |
| Venal | greedy |
| Asperity | hardhearted |
| Baleful | hardhearted |
| Dour | hardhearted |
| Fell | hardhearted |
| Malevolent | hardhearted |
| Mordant | hardhearted |
| Sardonic | hardhearted |
| Scathing | hardhearted |
| Truculent | hardhearted |
| Vitriolic | hardhearted |
| Vituperation | hardhearted |
| Baleful | harmful |
| Baneful | harmful |
| Deleterious | harmful |
| Inimical | harmful |
| Injurious | harmful |
| Insidious | harmful |
| Minatory | harmful |
| Perfidious | harmful |
| Pernicious | harmful |
| Cacophony | harsh sounding |
| Din | harsh sounding |
| Dissonant | harsh sounding |
| Raucous | harsh sounding |
| Strident | harsh sounding |
| Abhorrence | hatred |
| Anathema | hatred |
| Antagonism | hatred |
| Antipathy | hatred |
| Detestation | hatred |
| Enmity | hatred |
| Loathing | hatred |
| Malice | hatred |
| Odium | hatred |
| Rancor | hatred |
| Beneficial | healthy |
| Salubrious | healthy |
| Salutary | healthy |
| Dither | hesitate |
| Oscillate | hesitate |
| Teeter | hesitate |
| Vacillate | hesitate |
| Waver | hesitate |
| Antithetic | hostile |
| Churlish | hostile |
| Curmudgeon | hostile |
| Irascible | hostile |
| Malevolent | hostile |
| Misanthropic | hostile |
| Truculent | hostile |
| Vindictive | hostile |
| Credulous | innocent/inexperienced |
| Gullible | innocent/inexperienced |
| Ingenuous | innocent/inexperienced |
| Naïve | innocent/inexperienced |
| Novitiate | innocent/inexperienced |
| Tyro | innocent/inexperienced |
| Disingenuous | insincere |
| Dissemble | insincere |
| Fulsome | insincere |
| Ostensible | insincere |
| Unctuous | insincere |
| Appraise | investigate |
| Ascertain | investigate |
| Assay | investigate |
| Descry | investigate |
| Peruse | investigate |
| Indolent | lazy/sluggish |
| Inert | lazy/sluggish |
| Lackadaisical | lazy/sluggish |
| Languid | lazy/sluggish |
| Lassitude | lazy/sluggish |
| Lethargic | lazy/luggage |
| Phlegmatic | lazy/sluggish |
| Quiescent | Lazy/sluggish |
| Slothful | lazy/sluggish |
| Torpid | lazy/sluggish |
| Adventitious | luck |
| Amulet | luck |
| Auspicious | luck |
| Fortuitous | luck |
| Kismet | luck |
| Portentous | luck |
| Propitious | luck |
| Providential | luck |
| Talisman | luck |
| Admonish | nag |
| Belabor | nag |
| Cavil | nag |
| Enjoin | nag |
| Exhort | nag |
| Harangue | nag |
| Hector | nag |
| Martinet | nag |
| Remonstrate | nag |
| Reproof | nag |
| Fetid | nasty |
| Noisome | nasty |
| Noxious | resting |
| Askance | not in a straight line |
| Awry | not in a straight line |
| Careen | not in a straight line |
| Carom | not in the straight-line |
| Circuitous | not been a straight line |
| Circumvent | not in a straight line |
| Gyrate | not in a straight line |
| Labyrinth | not in a straight line |
| Meander | not in a straight line |
| Oblique | not in a straight line |
| Serrated | not in a straight line |
| Sidle | not in a straight line |
| Sinuous | not in a straight line |
| Undulating | not in a straight line |
| Vortex | not in a straight line |
| Bombastic | overblown/wordy |
| Circumlocution | overblown/wordy |
| Garrulous | overblown/wordy |
| Grandiloquent | overblown/wordy |
| Loquacious | overblown/wordy |
| Periphrastic | Overblown/wordy |
| Prolix | overblown/wordy |
| Rhetoric | overblown/Wordy |
| Turgid | overblown/wordy |
| Verbose | overblown/wordy |
| Ameliorate | pacify/satisfy |
| Appease | pacify/satisfy |
| Assuage | pacify/satisfy |
| Defer | pacify/satisfy |
| Mitigate | pacify/satisfy |
| Placate | pacify/satisfy |
| Propitiate | pacify/satisfy |
| Satiate | pacify/satisfy |
| Slake | pacify/satisfy |
| Soothe | pacify/satisfy |
| Euphonious | pleasant sounding |
| Harmonious | pleasant sounding |
| Melodious | pleasant sounding |
| Sonorous | pleasant sounding |
| Destitute | poor |
| Impecunious | poor |
| Indigent | poor |
| Acclaim | praise |
| Accolade | praise |
| Aggrandize | praise |
| Encomium | praise |
| Eulogize | praise |
| Extol | praise |
| Fawn | praise |
| Laud/laudatory | praise |
| venerate/veneration | praise |
| augur | predict |
| auspice | predict |
| fey | predict |
| harbinger | predict |
| portentous | predict |
| presage | predict |
| prescient | predict |
| prognosticate | predict |
| discomfit | prevent/obstruct |
| encumber | prevent/obstruct |
| fetter | prevented/obstruct |
| forfend | prevent/obstruct |
| hinder | prevent/obstruct |
| impede | prevent/obstruct |
| Inhibit | prevent/obstruct |
| Occlude | prevent/obstruct |
| Thwart | prevent/obstruct |
| Astute | Smart/learned |
| Canny | smart/learned |
| Erudite | smart/learned |
| Perspicacious | smart/learned |
| Disconsolate | sorrow |
| Doleful | sorrow |
| Dolor | sorrow |
| Elegiac | sorrow |
| Forlorn | sorrow |
| Lament | sorrow |
| Lugubrious | sorrow |
| Melancholy | sorrow |
| Plaintive | sorrow |
| Threnody | sorrow |
| Implacable | stubborn |
| Inexorable | stubborn |
| Intractable | stubborn |
| Intransigent | stubborn |
| Obdurate | stubborn |
| Obstinate | stubborn |
| Recalcitrant | stubborn |
| Refractory | stubborn |
| Renitent | stubborn |
| Untoward | stubborn |
| Vexing | stubborn |
| Compendious | Abrupt |
| Curt | abrupt |
| Laconic | abrupt |
| Pithy | Abrupt |
| Succinct | abrupt |
| Taciturn | abrupt |
| Anachronism | time/order/duration |
| Antecede | time/order/duration |
| Antedate | time/order/duration |
| Anterior | time/order/duration |
| Archaic | time/order/duration |
| Diurnal | time/order/duration |
| Eon | time/order/duration |
| Ephemeral | time/order/duration |
| Epoch | time/order/duration |
| Fortnight | time/order/duration |
| Millennium | time/order/duration |
| Penultimate | time/order/duration |
| Synchronous | time/order/duration |
| Temporal | time/order/duration |
| Craven | Shy |
| Diffident | shy |
| Pusillanimous | shy |
| Recreant | shy |
| Timorous | shy |
| Trepidation | shy |
| Candor/candid | truth |
| Fealty | truth |
| Frankness | truth |
| Indisputable | truth |
| Indubitable | truth |
| Legitimate | truth |
| Probity | truth |
| Sincere | truth |
| Veracious | truth |
| Verity | truth |
| Aberration | unusual |
| Anomaly | unusual |
| Iconoclast | unusual |
| Idiosyncrasy | unusual |
| Ambulatory | wondering |
| Discursive | wandering |
| Expatiate | wandering |
| Forage | wondering |
| Itinerant | wondering |
| Meander | wandering |
| Peregrination | wandering |
| Peripatetic | wandering |
| Sojourn | wandering |
| Adulterate | weaken |
| Enervate | weaken |
| Exacerbate | weaken |
| Inhibit | weaken |
| Obviate | weaken |
| Stultify | weaken |
| Undermine | weaken |
| Vitiate weaken | |
| Adage | wisdom |
| Aphorism | wisdom |
| Apothegm | wisdom |
| Axiom | wisdom |
| Bromide | wisdom |
| Dictum | wisdom |
| Epigram | wisdom |
| Platitude | wisdom |
| Sententious | wisdom |
| Truism | wisdom |
| Abeyance | retreat |
| Abjure | retreat |
| Abnegation | retreat |
| Abortive | retreat |
| Abrogate | retreat |
| Decamp | retreat |
| Demur | retreat |
| Recant | retreat |
| Recidivism | retreat |
| Remission | retreat |
| Renege | retreat |
| Rescind | retreat |
| Retrograde | retreat |
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