Group 1

Abhor hate
Bigot narrow-minded, prejudiced person
Counterfeit fake, false
Enfranchise give voting rights
Hamper hinder, obstruct
Kindle to start a fire
Noxious harmful, poisonous, lethal
Placid calm, peaceful
Remuneration payment for work done
Talisman lucky charm

Group 2
Abrasive rough, coarse, harsh
Bilk cheat, defraud
Covert hidden, undercover
Engender cause
Hangar storage area (like garage) for a plane
Knotty complex, difficult to solve
Nuance something subtle, a fine shade of meaning
Plagiarism taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas
Renown fame
Tangent going off the main subject

Group 3
Abrasiveness harshness, coarseness
Billowing swelling, fluttering, waving
Cower recoil in fear or servility, shrink away from
Enhance improve, make better or clearer
Harangue noisy attacking speech
Labyrinth a maze
Nullify to counter, make unimportant
Plaintiff applicant, petitioner
Replete full
Tangible can be touched

Group 4
Abrogate cancel, deny, repeal
Blasphemy speech which offends religious sentiments
Credible believable
Enigma puzzle, mystery
Harbingers indicators, bringers of warnings
Labyrinthine complicated, highly convoluted
Nuzzle cuddle, snuggle
Plaudit statement giving strong praise
Reprehensible shameful, very bad
Tardy slow, late, overdue, delayed

Group 5
Absolution forgiveness, pardon, release
Blatant obvious
Creditable praiseworthy
Ensconce establish firmly in a position
Hasten hurry, accelerate, rush
Laceration a cut
Obdurate stubborn
Plausible can be believed, reasonable
Reprieve a respite; postponement of a sentence
Tawdry of little value, gaudy

Group 6
Abstain desist, go without, withdraw
Blighted damaged, destroyed, ruined
Credulous gullible, ready to believe anything
Enshroud cover
Haughtiness arrogance, pride
Lachrymose tearful, sad
Obfuscate deliberately make something difficult to understand
Plethora an excess
Repudiate shun, eschew
Tedium boredom

Group 7
Abstemious self denying, refraining from indulging
Blithe free-spirited, carefree
Crepuscular active at dawn and dusk
Enunciation clear pronunciation, accent, articulation
Headstrong stubborn, willful
Lackluster dull, monotonous, bland
Objective unbiased, not subjective
Pliable deliberately make something difficult to understand
Rescind retract, repeal
Temper to moderate, soften

Group 8
Abstruse difficult to understand, obscure
Blunderbuss ancient weapon (type of gun); a clumsy person
Cringe recoil, flinch, shy away
Envenom to cause bitterness and bad feeling
Hedonism self indulgence, pleasure-seeking
Laconic using few words, brief, short to the point
Oblique indirect, slanting
Plumage feathers of a bird
Resignation acceptance of fate
Tenacious stubborn, resolute, holding firm to a purpose

Group 9
Accolade tribute, honor, praise
Bolster support, prop up
Cryptic puzzling, enigmatic
Ephemeral short-lived
Hedonist a pleasure seeker
Lamentation expression of regret or sorrow
Obliterate destroy, demolish, eradicate
Plummet fall suddenly and steeply
Resolution determination
Tentative not certain

Group 10
Acquiesce to agree to, give in to
Bombast arrogant, pompous language
Curtail cut short
Epicure someone who appreciates good food and drink
Heed listen to
Lampoon ridicule, spoof
Oblivious totally unaware
Podium raised platform
Resonant echoing
Tenuous flimsy, not solid

Group 11

Acrid sharp, pungent (used of smells and tastes)
Boorish ill-mannered
Cynical believing that people act only out of selfish motives
Epistle a letter (form of communication)
Heresy against orthodox opinion
Lance spear, spike, javelin
Obscure difficult to understand, partially hidden
Poignant deeply moving, strongly affecting the emotions
Respite a break, intermission
Terse concise, to the point

Group 12
Acrophobia fear of heights
Bourgeois middle class
Debility weakness, incapacity
Epistolary concerned with letters, through correspondence
Hiatus interruption, pause
Languid tired, slow
Obscured hidden, covered, buried
Poised calm, collected, self-possessed
Resplendent shining, glowing
Therapeutic medicinal, curative

Group 13
Acuity sharpness (mental or visual)
Braggart someone who boasts
Debunking exposing false claims or myths
Epitomized typified, characterized, personified
Hidebound rigid in opinions
Languish decay, fade away, get weaker
Obsequious servile, submissive
Polemical causing debate or argument
Restorative a tonic
Thwart prevent, frustrate

Group 14
Adamant forceful, inflexible
Brawny muscular
Decathlon an athletic competition with ten events
Equivocate speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth
Hieroglyphics picture writing; writing difficult to read; enigmatic
Larceny theft, robbery, stealing
Obsession a dominating concern
Ponderous weighty, slow and heavy
Retention preservation, withholding
Timorous cowardly, fearful

Group 15
Adroit skilful
Brevity being brief
Decorum dignified, decent, correct behavior (adj. Decorous)
Err make a mistake
Hinder obstruct
Largess generosity
Obsolete no longer valid
Pontificate speak pompously, dogmatically
Reticent restrained, holding something back, uncommunicative
Tirade stream of verbal abuse

Group 16
Adulation strong admiration, worship
Bristle to show irritation
Decoy lure, trap, trick
Erratic wandering, irregular
Histrionic theatrical, exaggerated
Laud praise
Obstreperous noisy and boisterous
Portend foretell
Retraction withdrawal, cancellation of a statement
Titter giggle quietly

Group 17
Adversity hardship
Broach start to discuss, approach
Deference respect
Esoteric obscure and difficult to understand
Hoary old
Lavish on a grand scale, wasteful
Obtuse mentally dull
Portent a warning sign, omen
Revere worship
Tome large book

Group 18
Advocate support
Brusque blunt, abrupt
Defoliate cause leaves to fall off
Espouse promote, take up, support
Hone sharpen, increase, whet
Lax careless, not strict
Obviate avoid, make unnecessary
Poseur someone who puts on an act
Riddled full of (usually full of holes)
Torpid inactive, lazy, stagnant

Group19
Aesthetic concerning art or beauty
Bulwark fortification, barricade, wall
Defunct no longer in existence
Etymology the study of word origins
Hyperbole grossly exaggerated speech
Legend 1) key to map 2) myth or story
Odious hateful
Posterity future generations
Rife common
Torpor dormancy, sluggishness, inactivity

Group 20
Affable friendly, social, easygoing
Bureaucracy officialdom
Degradation deprivation, poverty, debasement
Eulogy praise
Hypochondriac a person obsessed with health; having imaginary illnesses
Legion in large numbers
Officious domineering; intrusive; meddlesome
Posthumous after death
Rigor thoroughness
Totter walk unsteadily