GRE Word Family 1
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- criticize/criticism
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calumny
castigate
chastise
deride/derisive
derogate
diatribe
haranguelambaste
oppugn
pillory
remonstrate - annoy
-
aggravate
irk
perturb - beginner
-
acolyte
neophyte
novice
proselyte
tyro - foul
-
fulsome
invidious
noisome - difficult to understand
-
esoteric
inscrutable
opaque
rarefied
recondite
turbid - debauchery
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bacchanalian
carousal
depraved
dissipated
iniquity
libertine
libidinous
licentious
reprobate
ribald
salacious
sordid
turpitude - smart/learned
-
astute
canny
erudite
perspicacious - changing/quickly
-
capricious
mercurial
volatile - praise
-
aggrandize
encomium
eulogize
extol
venerate - poor
-
destitute
esurient
indigent
impecunious - withdrawal/retreat
-
abeyance
abjure
abnegation
abortive
abrogate
decamp
demur
recant
recidivism
remission
renege
rescind
retrograde - truth
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fealty
probity - biting (as in wit/temperament)
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acerbic
acidulous
acrimonious
asperity
mordant
mordacious
trenchant - weaken
-
adulterate
enervate
obviate
stultify
vitiate - harmful
-
baleful
baneful
inimical
insidious
minatory
perfidious
pernicious - timid
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craven
diffident
pusillanimous
recreant
timorous
trepidation - stubborn
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implacable
inexorable
intractable
intransigent
obdurate
obstinate
pertinacious
recalcitrant
refractory
renitent
untoward - beginning/young
-
burgeoning
callow
engender
inchoate
incipient
nascent - overblown/wordy
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bombastic
circumlocution
garrulous
grandiloquent
loquacious
periphrastic
prolix
turgid
verbose - hostile
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antithetic
churlish
curmudgeon
irascible
malevolent
misanthropic
truculent
vindictive - boring
-
fatuous
hackneyed
insipid
mundane
pedestrian
platitude
prosaic
quotidian
trite - terse
-
compendious
curt
laconic
pithy
succinct
taciturn - assist
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abet
ancillary
countenance
espouse
mainstay
munificent
stalwart
sustenance - greedy
-
covetous
penurious
venal - sastify
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assuage
defer
mitigate
propitiate
slake