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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. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise
Panacea
facile
pungent
extirpate (v)
2. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
squalid
multifarious
inopportune (adj)
discern
3. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
fortitude
buffet
ingenuous
reprisal
4. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
officious (adj)
duplicity
adroit
infallible
5. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
reiterate
ingenuous
voluminous
Scrupulous
6. Bereaved
bereft
intimation
benevolent
inopportune (adj)
7. Guide - tradition - model
apprehensive
precedent
punitive
destitute (adj)
8. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
tepid
scrutinize
Esteem
sojourn
9. Turncoat - defector - heretic
impervious
apathy
exhilarate
renegade
10. Consent - concur - comply - assent
accede (v)
destitute (adj)
tentative
dearth
11. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
pungent
adroit
fortitude
consecrate
12. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain
temerity
sojourn
cursory
coerce
13. Gawk - ogle
truculent
gape
turbulent
sojourn
14. Impassive - phlegmatic
stolid
negligible
implicate
gape
15. Exact - precisely
verbatim
suave
impervious
fortitude
16. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
plod
belligerent
deft (adj)
supple (adj)
17. Perceive - detect - distinguish
infallible
feasible
discern
omnivorous
18. Decrease - passing away
omnivorous
musty (adj)
deploy
demise
19. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding
indomitable
muse
obviate
Venial
20. Unerring - certain - free from error
dearth
ominous (adj)
retrogress
infallible
21. Grand - magnificent - imposing
assent
waive
animosity
stately (adj)
22. Delete - efface - annihilate
delete
insidious
Expunge
martinet
23. Excusable - forgivable
apprehensive
adulterate
Venial
extirpate (v)
24. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
Omniscient
solace (n/v)
buffet
renegade
25. Compose - constitute - encompass
parsimonious
waive
Omniscient
comprise (v)
26. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
bereft
gape
fortitude
unkempt
27. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
dearth
repose
benevolent
ingenuous
28. Separate - drive apart - estrange
alienate
apathy
amicable
tentative
29. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
coerce
quandary
malevolent
cursory
30. Bounded - measurable
Finite
Panacea
fortitude
pinnacle (n)
31. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
perpetuate
benefactor
condolence
repose
32. Eerie - inexplicable
venal (adj)
altruistic
precedent
Uncanny
33. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
rampant (adj)
amicable
intimation
deft (adj)
34. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
stolid
officious (adj)
verbatim
altruistic
35. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
truculent
extirpate (v)
feasible
decrepit
36. Disincline - loath
averse
discern
Finite
fortitude
37. Discover - determine - establish
facile
duplicity
premeditated (adj)
Ascertain
38. Lumber - trudge
plod
destitute (adj)
diffident
retrogress
39. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
adroit
apathy
temerity
Esteem
40. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium
chaos
commend
guise
Bequeath
41. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
discrepancy
Cogent
dour
condolence
42. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
corrosive
parsimonious
insidious
apathy
43. Elegant
gape
urbane
waive
officious (adj)
44. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
Omniscient
vociferous
voluminous
indomitable
45. Unselfish - selfless - concerned with the welfare of others
altruistic
Disperse
facile
apathy
46. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness
clemency
obviate
unfeigned
adroit
47. Penalizing - retaliatory
stultify
retrogress
punitive
Finite
48. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate
pungent
fortitude
stultify
reprisal
49. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
urbane
Expunge
implicate
Supercilious
50. Visit - stop over - brief stay
duplicity
impervious
sojourn
bereft