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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Lurk - slink - prowl
Skulk
quintessence
apathy
buffet
2. All-devouring - voracious
Venial
omnivorous
cursory
deft (adj)
3. Provisional - inconclusive
tentative
tepid
parsimonious
pungent
4. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
indomitable
deride
tentative
corrosive
5. Compose - constitute - encompass
rampant (adj)
negligible
comprise (v)
stultify
6. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
amend
destitute (adj)
precedent
quandary
7. Decline - relinquish - forgo
scrutinize
malevolent
waive
rampant (adj)
8. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
discrepancy
quintessence
guise
sojourn
9. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
vociferous
Scrupulous
apathy
Ascertain
10. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against
extant
inopportune (adj)
impervious
Ascertain
11. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
artifice
quintessence
explicit (adj)
discrepancy
12. Unerring - certain - free from error
amend
Uncanny
quintessence
infallible
13. Universal cure - easy solution
demise
Panacea
precedent
craven
14. Antagonist - rival - foe
extol
adversary
fortitude
extant
15. Gawk - ogle
reprisal
Bequeath
gape
assent
16. Impassive - phlegmatic
gape
recalcitrant
cursory
stolid
17. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
gibe
premeditated (adj)
Esteem
remiss
18. Objectionable - blameworthy - culpable - odious
reprehensible
multifarious
decrepit
omnivorous
19. Meet - unite - intersect - merge
demise
holocaust
renegade
Converge
20. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
reprisal
ingenuous
martinet
exhilarate
21. Impulse - incentive - spur
averse
repose
grimace
impetus
22. Revert - degenerate - decline
retrogress
pinnacle (n)
suave
tentative
23. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery
Affiliated
recalcitrant
redress
apathy
24. Unproductive - inert - dormant
urbane
fallow
ambidextrous
Scrupulous
25. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
somber
benefactor
reprisal
tentative
26. Outmoded - antiquated - passe - old hat
obsolete
impervious
exhilarate
reiterate
27. Achievement - fulfillment
pliable
reiterate
Attainment
opulent
28. Respect - admire - honor - revere
deploy
Expunge
recalcitrant
Esteem
29. Agree - concur - consent - accede
reprehensible
harass
stultify
assent
30. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate
rampant (adj)
bereft
stultify
perpetuate
31. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
impervious
fallow
ingenuous
ironic (adj)
32. Rich - lavish - plentiful - abundant
squalid
Omniscient
opulent
commodious
33. Costume - semblance - pretense
indomitable
deploy
guise
condolence
34. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
quandary
temerity
chivalrous
gibe
35. Elegant
Panacea
decrepit
urbane
apathy
36. Devote - dedicate - sanctify
musty (adj)
Scrupulous
virulent
consecrate
37. Separate - drive apart - estrange
alienate
sojourn
Affiliated
consecrate
38. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
augment
decrepit
adversary
duplicity
39. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
stately (adj)
indomitable
venal (adj)
Supercilious
40. Antiquated - hackneyed
jeopardy
averse
musty (adj)
duplicity
41. Effortless - assured - poised - specious
facile
extant
diffident
adversary
42. Eerie - inexplicable
multifarious
brandish (v)
discern
Uncanny
43. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
Skulk
muse
suppress (v)
Ascertain
44. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium
chaos
opulent
gibe
harass
45. Surviving - in existence
rampant (adj)
augment
musty (adj)
extant
46. Enmity - rancor - antipathy
fallow
animosity
musty (adj)
Scrupulous
47. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
pinnacle (n)
chaos
multifarious
negligible
48. Discover - determine - establish
Ascertain
extant
martinet
grimace
49. Decrease - passing away
extant
deploy
demise
assent
50. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded
meticulous
compatible
stultify
dour