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Hard Synonyms 2
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english
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
ironic (adj)
Nonchalant
dearth
virulent
2. Applaud - entrust
accede (v)
commend
Disperse
inclement
3. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
craven
artifice
revel
virulent
4. Respect - admire - honor - revere
consecrate
Invulnerable
Esteem
repose
5. Penalizing - retaliatory
punitive
craven
duplicity
solace (n/v)
6. Preclude - forestall - ward off
averse
obviate
quintessence
revel
7. Lumber - trudge
suppress (v)
plod
obviate
unkempt
8. Delete - efface - annihilate
martinet
delete
reprehensible
Expunge
9. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded
adulterate
facile
compatible
extol
10. Devote - dedicate - sanctify
consecrate
adulterate
extirpate (v)
dour
11. Transmit - bestow - hand down
adulterate
Bequeath
consecrate
augment
12. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness
intimation
demise
clemency
deft (adj)
13. Exact - precisely
Scrupulous
animosity
verbatim
augment
14. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
corrosive
Attainment
demise
inopportune (adj)
15. Eerie - inexplicable
jeopardy
Uncanny
explicit (adj)
precedent
16. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
pliable
averse
craven
muse
17. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
obsolete
pungent
reprisal
amend
18. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
diffident
cursory
feasible
musty (adj)
19. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
belligerent
adulterate
Omniscient
pungent
20. Persuasive - compelling
delete
chivalrous
discern
Cogent
21. Guide - tradition - model
averse
precedent
exhilarate
dour
22. Decrease - passing away
ingenuous
condolence
coerce
demise
23. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
Panacea
pungent
destitute (adj)
vociferous
24. Contaminate - pollute - sully
plod
adulterate
discrepancy
redress
25. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
Supercilious
squalid
accede (v)
apprehensive
26. Bounded - measurable
parsimonious
Finite
obviate
Venial
27. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
unkempt
stately (adj)
corrosive
buffet
28. Compose - constitute - encompass
Nonchalant
Expunge
augment
comprise (v)
29. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
discern
ingenuous
fortitude
infallible
30. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
animosity
ironic (adj)
Converge
commend
31. Elegant
coerce
punitive
urbane
indomitable
32. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
perpetuate
pinnacle (n)
exhilarate
extant
33. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant
impetus
pinnacle (n)
malevolent
comprise (v)
34. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
guise
apathy
apprehensive
condolence
35. Versatile - facile
gape
ambidextrous
quandary
amend
36. Benign - well meaning
somber
benevolent
commodious
delete
37. Commiseration - solace - sympathy
jeopardy
reiterate
condolence
delete
38. Restate - rehash - recapitulate
officious (adj)
musty (adj)
Scrupulous
reiterate
39. Enmity - rancor - antipathy
animosity
repose
clemency
retrogress
40. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
quintessence
ingenuous
Expunge
adroit
41. Gawk - ogle
extant
gape
adroit
augment
42. Unproductive - inert - dormant
Converge
Supercilious
cursory
fallow
43. Modify - improve - correct
warily
impetus
amend
insidious
44. Risk - hazard - peril
remiss
embark
malevolent
jeopardy
45. Revert - degenerate - decline
demise
somber
retrogress
grimace
46. Grand - magnificent - imposing
deploy
stately (adj)
ironic (adj)
perpetuate
47. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
insidious
gape
infallible
negligible
48. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
apprehensive
revel
accede (v)
stately (adj)
49. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
Panacea
Invulnerable
parsimonious
augment
50. Rich - lavish - plentiful - abundant
inclement
gape
opulent
warily