Word Groups for GRE
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
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cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
inscrutable - difficult to understand
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abstruse
ambiguous
arcane
bemusing - difficult to understand
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obscure
opaque
paradoxical - difficult to understand
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perplexing
recondite
turbid - difficult to understand
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abridge
compendium
cursory
curtail - abbreviated communication
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syllabus
synopsis
terse - abbreviated communication
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apace
abrupt
headlong
impetuous
precipitate - act quickly
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abet
advocate
acillary
bolster - assist
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corroborate
countenance
espouse
mainstay - assist
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munificent
proponent
stalwart
sustenance - assist
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bilious
dudgeon
irascible - bad mood
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pettish
petulant
pique - bad mood
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querulous
umbrage
waspish - bad mood
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dilettante
fledgling
neophyte - beginner/amateur
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novitiate
proselyte
tyro - beginner/amateur
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burgeoning
callow
engender - beginning/young
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inchoate
incipient
nascent - beginning/young
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acerbic
acidulous
acrimonious
asperity - biting (as in wit or temperment)
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caustic
mordacious
mordant
trenchant - biting(as in wit or temperment)
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audacious
courageous
dauntless - bold
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banal
fatuous
hackneyed
insipid - boring
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mundane
pedestrian
platitude - boring
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prosaic
quotidian
trite - boring
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bacchanalian
debauchery
depraved
dissipated - carousal
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iniquity
libertine
libidinous
licentious - carousal
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reprobate
ribald
salacious
sordid
turpitude - carousal
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capricious
mercurial
volatile - changing quickly
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counterpart
emulate
fascimile - copy
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factitious
paradigm
precursor - copy
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quintessence
simulate
vicarious - copy
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aspersion
belittle
berate
calumny - criticize/criticism
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castigate
decry
defamation
denounce - criticize/criticism
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deride/derisive
diatribe
disparage
excoriate - criticize/criticism
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gainsay
harangue
impugn
inveigh - criticize/criticism
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lambaste
objurgate
obloquy
opprobrium - criticize/criticism
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pillory
rebuke
remonstrate
reprehend - criticize/criticism
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reprove
revile
tirade
vituperate - criticize/criticism
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bereave
cadaver
defunct
demise - death/mourning
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dolorous
elegy
knell
lament - death/mourning
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macabre
moribund
obsequies
sepulchral
wraith - death/mourning
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abnegate
abstain
ascetic - denying of self
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spartan
stoic
temperate - denying of self
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authoritarian
despotic
dogmatic - dictatorial
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hegemonic
imperious
peremptory
tyrannical - dictatorial
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equitable
equity
tantamount - equal
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defile
fetid
invidious
noisome - digusting/offensive
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odious
putrid
rebarbative - disgusting/offensive
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aberrant
anachronism
anomalous
iconoclast - eccentric/dissimilar
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discrete
eclectic
esoteric - eccentric/dissimilar
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abashchagrin
compunction
contrition
diffidence - embarrass
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expiate
foible
gaucherie
rue - embarrass
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articulate
cogen
eloquent
evident - easy to understand
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limpid
lucid
pellucid - easy to understand
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apocryphal
canard
chicanery
dissemble - falsehood
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duplicity
equivocate
erroneous
ersatz - falsehood
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fallacious
feigned
guile
mendacious/mendacity - falehood
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perdify
prevaricate
specious
spurious - falsehood
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conjugal
consanguine
distaff
endogamous - family
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filial
fratricide
progenitor
scion - family
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ardor/ardent
doctrinaire
fervid - favoring/not impartial
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partisan
tendentious
zealot - favoring/not impartial
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absolve
acquit
exculpate
exonerate - forgive
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expiate
palliate
redress
vindicate - forgive
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chortle
droll
facetious
flippant - funny
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give
jocular
levity
ludicrous - funny
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raillery
riposte
simper - funny
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abatement
aperture
fissure
hiatus - gaps/openings
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interregnum
interstice
lull
orifice - gaps/openings
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rent
respite
rift - gaps/openings
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altruistic
beneficent
clement
largess - generous/kind
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magnanimous
munificent
philanthropic
unstinting - generous/kind
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avaricious
covetous
mercenary
miserly - greedy
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penurious
rapacious
venal - greedy
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asperity
baleful
dour
fell - hardhearted
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malevolent
mordant
sardonic
scathing - hardhearted
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truculent
vitriolic
vituperation - hardhearted
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baleful
baneful
deleterious - harmful
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injurious
insidious
inimical - harmful
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minatory
perfidious
pernicious - harmful
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assonance
cacophony
din - harsh-sounding
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dissonant
raucous
strident - harsh-sounding
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abhorrence
anathema
antagonism
antipathy - hatred
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detestation
enmity
loathing - hatred
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malice
odium
rancor - hatred
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beneficial
salubrious
salutary - healthy
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dither
oscillate
teeter
vacillate
waver - hesitate
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antithetic
churlish
curmudgeon
irascible - hostile
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malevolent
misanthropic
truculent
vindictive - hostile
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credulous
gullible
ingenuous - innocent/inexperienced
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naive
novitiate
tyro - innocent/inexperienced
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disingenous
dissemble
fulsome
ostensible
unctuous - insincere
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appraise
ascertain
assay
descry
peruse - investigate
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indolent
inert
lackadaisical
languid - lazy/sluggish
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lassitude
lethargic
phlegmatic - lazy/sluggish
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quiescent
slothful
torpid - lazy/sluggish
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adventitious
amulet
auspicious
fortuitous - luck
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kismet
nemesis
optimum
portentous - luck
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propitiate
propitious
providential
talisman - luck
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admonish
cavil
belabor
enjoin - nag
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exhort
harangue
hector - nag
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martinet
remonstrate
reproof - nag
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fetid
noisome
noxious - nasty
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askance
awry
careen
carom - not a straight line
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circuitious
circumvment
gyrate
labrynth - not a straight line
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meander
oblique
serrated
sidle - not a straight line
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sinuous
undulating
vortex - not a straight line
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bombastic
circumlocution
garrulous
grandiloquent - overblown/wordy
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loquacious
perphrastic
prolix - overblown/wordy
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rhetoric
turgid
verbose - overblown/wordy
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ameliorate
appease
assuage
defer - pacify/satisfy
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mitigate
mollify
placate - pacify/satisfy
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propitiate
satiate
slake
sooth - pacify/satisfy
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euphonious
harmonious
melodious
sonorous - pleasant-sounding
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destitute
esurient
impecunious
indigent - poor
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acclaim
accoladee
aggrandize - praise
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encomium
eulogize
extol - praise
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fawn
laud/laudatory
venerate/veneration - praise
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augur
auspice
fey
harbinger - predict
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portentous
presage
prescient
prognosticate - predict
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discomfort
encumber
fetter
forfend - prevent/obstruct
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hinder
impede
inhibit
occlude - prevent/obstruct
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astute
canny
erudite
perspicacious - smart/learned
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disconsolate
doleful
dolor
elegiac - sorrow
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forlorn
lament
lugubrious
melancholy - sorrow
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morose
plaintive
threnody - sorrow
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implacable
inexorable
intractable
intransigent - stubborn
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obdurate
obstinate
recalcitrant
refractory - stubborn
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renitent
untoward
vexing - stubborn
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compendious
curt
laconic - terse
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pithy
succinct
taciturn - terse
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anachronism
antecede
antedate
anterior - time/order/duration
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archaic
diurnal
eon
ephemeral - time/order/duration
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epoch
fortnight
millennium - time/order/duration
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penultimate
synchonous
temporal - time/order/duration
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craven
diffident
pusillanimous - timid/timidity
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recreant
timorous
trepidation - timid/timidity
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candor/candid
fealty
frankness
indisputable - truth
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indubitable
legitimage
probity - truth
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sincere
veracious
verity - truth
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aberration
anomalyl
iconoclast
idiosyncrasy - unusual
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ambulatory
itinerant
peripatetic - walking about
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discursive
expatiate
forage
itinerant - wandering
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peregrination
perpatetic
sojourn - wandering
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adulterate
enervate
exacerbate
inhibit - weaken
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obviate
stultify
undermine
vitiate - weaken
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adage
aphorism
apothegm
axiom - wisdom
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bromide
dictum
epigram - wisdom
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platitude
sententious
truism - wisdom
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abeyance
abjure
abnegation
abortive - withdrawal/retreat
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abrogate
decamp
demur - withdrawal/retreat
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recant
recidivism
remission - withdrawal/retreat
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renegate
rescind
retrograde - withdrawal/retreat