GREGMAT GROUP 4

abstain

1. restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something.

2. formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion.

DENYING OF SELF

Abnegate

Spartan

Abstain

Stoic

Ascetic

Temperate

approbation

approval or praise.

cherish

1. protect and care for (someone) lovingly.

2. keep (a hope or ambition) in one's mind.

corroborate

confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding). ASSIST

Abet Bolster Espouse Proponent Advocate Mainstay Ancillary Countenance Munificent Sustenance

disparate

essentially different in kind; not able to be compared.

emulate

imitate someone or something. COPY

Counterpart

Quintessence

Paradigm (archetype/prototype)

Simulated

Facsimile

Precursor

enervate

make (someone) feel drained of energy or vitality. WEAKEN

Adulterate

Inhibit

Undermine

Enervate

Obviate

Vitiate

Exacerbate

Stultify

ephemeral

lasting for a very short time. CHANGING/NOT PERMANENT

Capricious

Mercurial

Volatile

Fickle

Ephemeral

Evanescent

Whimsical

Erratic

Quirky

Transitory

Transient

fervid

excessively energetic or eager

FAVORING/NOT IMPARTIAL

Ardor/Ardent

Partisan

Doctrinaire

Tendentious

Zealot

garrulous

excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters. - OVERBLOWN/WORDY -

Bombastic

Grandiloquent

Prolix

Verbose

Circumlocution

Loquacious

Rhetoric

Garrulous

Periphrastic

Turgid

incendiary

causing conflicT aka shit stirrer

inimical

tending to obstruct or harm. HARMFUL

Baleful

Minatory

Baneful

Injurious

Perfidious

Deleterious

Insidious

Pernicious

Malicious

intimate

1. closely acquainted; familiar.

2. suggest or imply

invigorate

give strength or energy to.

mitigate

make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful. -PACIFY/SATISFY

Ameliorate

Defer

Placate

Slake

Appease

Mitigate

Propitiate

Soothe

Assuage

Mollify

Satiate

obsolete

no longer produced or used; out of date.

opaque

1. not able to be seen through; not transparent. 2. (especially of language) hard or impossible to understand. DIFFICULT 2 UNDERSTAND

Abstruse

Bemusing

Esoteric

Opaque

Recondite

Cryptic

Inscrutable

Turbid

Arcane

Enigmatic

Obscure

Perplexing

Arcane

paradigmatic

1.representing the standard example

pedantic

excessively concerned with minor details or rules; overscrupulous.

placid

1. not easily upset or excited.

2. calm and peaceful, with little movement or activity.

polemical

giving a strong, controversial opinion

precipitate

cause something (usually bad) to happen quickly

ACT QUICKLY

Apace

Impetuous

Abrupt

Precipitate

Headlong

profundity

great wisdom or knowledge.

prophetic

accurately predicting what will happen in the future. PREDICT

Augur

Harbinger

Prescient

Auspice

Portentous

Prognosticate

Fey

Presage

Clairvoyant

Diviner

Soothsayer

Oracle

Bode

Foretell

Prophetic

prudent

wise in decision making

punctilious

showing great attention to detail or correct behavior.

recondite

difficult to understand. obscure, opaque, arcane, Cryptic

Inscrutable

Turbid

Arcane

Enigmatic

Obscure

Perplexing

Arcane

scrupulous

(of a person or process) careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details.

tranquil

free from disturbance; calm.

vacillate

waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive. HESITATE

Dither

Vacillate

Oscillate

Waver

Teeter