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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
artifice
plod
ingenuous
pinnacle (n)
2. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
truculent
abhor
grimace
musty (adj)
3. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness
compatible
tentative
clemency
extol
4. Glorify - applaud - acclaim - hail
extol
commend
warily
revel
5. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
commend
dour
meticulous
pungent
6. Inspect - pore over
ironic (adj)
intimation
scrutinize
duplicity
7. Surviving - in existence
officious (adj)
extant
remiss
pinnacle (n)
8. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
insidious
Nonchalant
artifice
extol
9. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged
premeditated (adj)
harass
deploy
adversary
10. Decline - relinquish - forgo
musty (adj)
alienate
verbatim
waive
11. Applaud - entrust
commend
waive
chivalrous
exhilarate
12. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
multifarious
duplicity
augment
belligerent
13. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
clemency
belligerent
squalid
parsimonious
14. Station - organize
implicate
urbane
deploy
fallow
15. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against
impervious
reprisal
Converge
chaos
16. Unerring - certain - free from error
Uncanny
infallible
accede (v)
apathy
17. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding
indomitable
feasible
inopportune (adj)
tepid
18. Commiseration - solace - sympathy
negligible
condolence
somber
waive
19. Turncoat - defector - heretic
renegade
insidious
officious (adj)
extirpate (v)
20. Antagonist - rival - foe
adversary
adulterate
Uncanny
suppress (v)
21. Unproductive - inert - dormant
fallow
Nonchalant
stultify
fortitude
22. Comfortable - ample - capacious
commodious
pinnacle (n)
muse
redress
23. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
officious (adj)
Affiliated
unkempt
destitute (adj)
24. Achievement - fulfillment
unfeigned
indomitable
impervious
Attainment
25. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
grimace
craven
meticulous
accede (v)
26. Penalizing - retaliatory
punitive
discern
holocaust
turbulent
27. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
solace (n/v)
unkempt
deploy
perpetuate
28. Varied - manifold - heterogenous
gibe
benefactor
coerce
multifarious
29. Lumber - trudge
plod
Affiliated
augment
revel
30. Enmity - rancor - antipathy
suppress (v)
waive
animosity
ominous (adj)
31. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
malevolent
feasible
virulent
fallow
32. Costume - semblance - pretense
malevolent
guise
somber
gape
33. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate
consecrate
commodious
Attainment
stultify
34. Rich - lavish - plentiful - abundant
rampant (adj)
impetus
infallible
opulent
35. Respect - admire - honor - revere
altruistic
negligible
pinnacle (n)
Esteem
36. Sophisticated - urbane -polished
suave
voluminous
belligerent
destitute (adj)
37. Impregnable - impervious - immune
compatible
apprehensive
pungent
Invulnerable
38. Congenial - neighborly - cordial
amicable
apathy
grimace
parsimonious
39. Modify - improve - correct
amend
apathy
Omniscient
Esteem
40. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
premeditated (adj)
repose
holocaust
craven
41. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery
embark
temerity
apprehensive
fortitude
42. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
benefactor
augment
adroit
reprisal
43. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
unfeigned
demise
punitive
officious (adj)
44. Exact - precisely
verbatim
Venial
discrepancy
diffident
45. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
animosity
duplicity
tepid
renegade
46. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
parsimonious
obviate
unfeigned
demise
47. Discover - determine - establish
unfeigned
Disperse
Ascertain
alienate
48. Workable - practicable - viable
duplicity
adversary
belligerent
feasible
49. Provisional - inconclusive
reprehensible
buffet
tentative
intimation
50. Pained expression - facial contortion
supple (adj)
grimace
impetus
revel