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Hard Synonyms 2
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english
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grammar
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Contaminate - pollute - sully
destitute (adj)
deride
venal (adj)
adulterate
2. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
grimace
destitute (adj)
reprehensible
vociferous
3. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
unfeigned
belligerent
holocaust
deft (adj)
4. Swing - shake
reprehensible
embark
altruistic
brandish (v)
5. Effortless - assured - poised - specious
deft (adj)
facile
waive
quintessence
6. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
ironic (adj)
ingenuous
premeditated (adj)
Bequeath
7. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
delete
obsolete
venal (adj)
insidious
8. Surviving - in existence
punitive
explicit (adj)
warily
extant
9. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
abhor
delete
retrogress
truculent
10. Bereaved
parsimonious
alienate
suave
bereft
11. Wise - all-knowing
embark
urbane
stultify
Omniscient
12. Respect - admire - honor - revere
ambidextrous
Esteem
temerity
amend
13. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
negligible
exhilarate
precedent
adroit
14. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
venal (adj)
discrepancy
negligible
bereft
15. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
quandary
augment
compatible
Finite
16. Antagonist - rival - foe
reiterate
solace (n/v)
adversary
premeditated (adj)
17. Modify - improve - correct
abhor
ominous (adj)
commodious
amend
18. Exact - precisely
feasible
commend
verbatim
warily
19. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
dour
buffet
implicate
diffident
20. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
brandish (v)
jeopardy
apprehensive
cursory
21. Attached - related - joined
alienate
quintessence
punitive
Affiliated
22. Rectify - correct - mitigate
implicate
meticulous
redress
stolid
23. Penalizing - retaliatory
punitive
amend
unkempt
altruistic
24. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise
opulent
adversary
extirpate (v)
stately (adj)
25. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
pungent
demise
recalcitrant
opulent
26. Incriminate - entangle
Expunge
commend
benefactor
implicate
27. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
negligible
harass
bereft
discern
28. Applaud - entrust
officious (adj)
ingenuous
commend
truculent
29. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
Venial
adversary
diffident
Invulnerable
30. Guide - tradition - model
guise
suave
precedent
Attainment
31. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
Nonchalant
decrepit
abhor
duplicity
32. Revert - degenerate - decline
assent
remiss
repose
retrogress
33. Break up - dispel
recalcitrant
consecrate
dour
Disperse
34. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
Ascertain
alienate
Supercilious
buffet
35. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
reprisal
fortitude
discern
belligerent
36. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium
muse
repose
chaos
benefactor
37. Eerie - inexplicable
bereft
unfeigned
premeditated (adj)
Uncanny
38. Impulse - incentive - spur
impetus
tepid
artifice
consecrate
39. Unselfish - selfless - concerned with the welfare of others
altruistic
reiterate
Scrupulous
indomitable
40. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
reprehensible
warily
revel
deride
41. Visit - stop over - brief stay
dour
sojourn
gape
fortitude
42. Lurk - slink - prowl
commend
Finite
Skulk
exhilarate
43. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
unfeigned
discern
impervious
dearth
44. Turncoat - defector - heretic
obviate
renegade
apprehensive
voluminous
45. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
perpetuate
corrosive
pungent
officious (adj)
46. Distinct - forthright - unambiguous - clear
stultify
amend
supple (adj)
explicit (adj)
47. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence
supple (adj)
retrogress
suppress (v)
tentative
48. Lumber - trudge
exhilarate
amend
plod
condolence
49. Compose - constitute - encompass
Uncanny
comprise (v)
ambidextrous
opulent
50. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
muse
augment
multifarious
impervious