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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
supple (adj)
bereft
meticulous
opulent
2. Remove - cancel - expunge
Omniscient
implicate
renegade
delete
3. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
dour
premeditated (adj)
adulterate
bereft
4. Applaud - entrust
explicit (adj)
commend
indomitable
muse
5. Discover - determine - establish
duplicity
Ascertain
Disperse
indomitable
6. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
pinnacle (n)
opulent
malevolent
Affiliated
7. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
tepid
pliable
venal (adj)
fortitude
8. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
warily
consecrate
squalid
verbatim
9. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
stately (adj)
amend
reprehensible
Supercilious
10. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
reprisal
temerity
warily
coerce
11. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
delete
vociferous
rampant (adj)
buffet
12. Universal cure - easy solution
buffet
Converge
insidious
Panacea
13. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous
commodious
precedent
waive
ominous (adj)
14. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
duplicity
unfeigned
quintessence
jeopardy
15. Elegant
chivalrous
facile
urbane
deride
16. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
malevolent
quandary
warily
adulterate
17. Preclude - forestall - ward off
obviate
impervious
premeditated (adj)
martinet
18. Respect - admire - honor - revere
reprisal
Esteem
virulent
urbane
19. Commiseration - solace - sympathy
retrogress
condolence
deride
pliable
20. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
fortitude
ironic (adj)
temerity
reprisal
21. Inspect - pore over
renegade
guise
dearth
scrutinize
22. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger
indomitable
turbulent
ambidextrous
harass
23. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
vociferous
duplicity
martinet
reprisal
24. Impassive - phlegmatic
stolid
belligerent
craven
opulent
25. Impregnable - impervious - immune
quandary
infallible
stately (adj)
Invulnerable
26. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
recalcitrant
opulent
gibe
Supercilious
27. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
clemency
holocaust
repose
augment
28. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
benefactor
coerce
deride
martinet
29. Excusable - forgivable
dour
feasible
Nonchalant
Venial
30. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
deft (adj)
warily
coerce
rampant (adj)
31. Clue - indication - inkling
Supercilious
intimation
omnivorous
Cogent
32. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
pliable
ambidextrous
chivalrous
comprise (v)
33. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
Scrupulous
extol
explicit (adj)
cursory
34. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
fortitude
deploy
multifarious
impervious
35. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
artifice
holocaust
verbatim
averse
36. Break up - dispel
musty (adj)
clemency
Disperse
reiterate
37. Unselfish - selfless - concerned with the welfare of others
deft (adj)
altruistic
ingenuous
consecrate
38. Antiquated - hackneyed
benevolent
inclement
Attainment
musty (adj)
39. Decline - relinquish - forgo
assent
waive
pungent
insidious
40. Unproductive - inert - dormant
fallow
discrepancy
demise
scrutinize
41. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
adroit
discrepancy
waive
retrogress
42. Antagonist - rival - foe
adversary
revel
intimation
Attainment
43. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
insidious
retrogress
voluminous
tepid
44. Swing - shake
brandish (v)
adulterate
turbulent
pinnacle (n)
45. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
repose
urbane
extol
multifarious
46. Versatile - facile
voluminous
ambidextrous
obviate
Attainment
47. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
apathy
holocaust
animosity
benevolent
48. Penalizing - retaliatory
indomitable
quandary
truculent
punitive
49. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
condolence
virulent
deride
impetus
50. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
belligerent
perpetuate
chaos
quintessence