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Kaplan's Word Group

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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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