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Hard Synonyms 2
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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. Excusable - forgivable
Esteem
Venial
artifice
decrepit
2. Preclude - forestall - ward off
impervious
harass
obviate
ingenuous
3. Gawk - ogle
commodious
comprise (v)
obviate
gape
4. Commiseration - solace - sympathy
guise
discern
consecrate
condolence
5. Commence - launch - begin - board
impervious
embark
voluminous
pliable
6. Transmit - bestow - hand down
infallible
pungent
virulent
Bequeath
7. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
retrogress
revel
corrosive
malevolent
8. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
obsolete
suppress (v)
meticulous
stultify
9. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
destitute (adj)
delete
voluminous
perpetuate
10. Bereaved
accede (v)
Invulnerable
reprisal
bereft
11. Taskmaster - slave driver
ingenuous
Panacea
martinet
redress
12. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
chivalrous
tentative
clemency
officious (adj)
13. Elegant
Panacea
benefactor
commodious
urbane
14. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
ironic (adj)
remiss
impervious
amend
15. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
ominous (adj)
adversary
vociferous
unkempt
16. Rectify - correct - mitigate
assent
commodious
reprisal
redress
17. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
obviate
gibe
discrepancy
benefactor
18. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery
Omniscient
deploy
apprehensive
temerity
19. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
reprisal
discrepancy
dour
animosity
20. Incriminate - entangle
implicate
renegade
commend
meticulous
21. Enmity - rancor - antipathy
animosity
apathy
diffident
Disperse
22. Lurk - slink - prowl
repose
Supercilious
martinet
Skulk
23. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
reprehensible
diffident
dour
gibe
24. Impulse - incentive - spur
inclement
suave
impetus
inopportune (adj)
25. Costume - semblance - pretense
guise
pungent
indomitable
opulent
26. Restate - rehash - recapitulate
coerce
inclement
reiterate
musty (adj)
27. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
quandary
infallible
benevolent
repose
28. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
corrosive
revel
venal (adj)
insidious
29. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery
implicate
discrepancy
recalcitrant
Bequeath
30. Penalizing - retaliatory
embark
accede (v)
obsolete
punitive
31. Contaminate - pollute - sully
delete
gibe
tentative
adulterate
32. Impassive - phlegmatic
gibe
ironic (adj)
stolid
redress
33. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
coerce
pinnacle (n)
obviate
Nonchalant
34. Universal cure - easy solution
Panacea
commend
musty (adj)
reprisal
35. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
gibe
dour
altruistic
belligerent
36. Eerie - inexplicable
stately (adj)
vociferous
Uncanny
omnivorous
37. Consent - concur - comply - assent
commodious
accede (v)
vociferous
alienate
38. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
dour
compatible
assent
insidious
39. Distinct - forthright - unambiguous - clear
condolence
Omniscient
explicit (adj)
altruistic
40. Comfortable - ample - capacious
tepid
Affiliated
grimace
commodious
41. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase
renegade
adversary
Nonchalant
remiss
42. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
cursory
recalcitrant
abhor
amicable
43. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
reprisal
multifarious
fortitude
discern
44. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
temerity
martinet
delete
perpetuate
45. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
benevolent
virulent
voluminous
altruistic
46. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
adversary
remiss
parsimonious
amend
47. Swing - shake
brandish (v)
ironic (adj)
turbulent
benevolent
48. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
grimace
commodious
virulent
inopportune (adj)
49. Antagonist - rival - foe
Disperse
artifice
voluminous
adversary
50. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
plod
chivalrous
Uncanny
apprehensive