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Hard Synonyms 2
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english
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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. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence
scrutinize
suppress (v)
explicit (adj)
Cogent
2. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged
premeditated (adj)
cursory
insidious
obviate
3. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
martinet
warily
ironic (adj)
commodious
4. Applaud - entrust
inopportune (adj)
reiterate
commend
perpetuate
5. Gawk - ogle
gape
officious (adj)
insidious
Panacea
6. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
negligible
omnivorous
belligerent
abhor
7. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
officious (adj)
renegade
facile
extirpate (v)
8. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
quandary
fortitude
Attainment
revel
9. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
virulent
assent
insidious
bereft
10. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
implicate
Esteem
harass
pungent
11. Break up - dispel
Panacea
rampant (adj)
Disperse
dearth
12. Swing - shake
tepid
dearth
brandish (v)
infallible
13. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
Nonchalant
sojourn
fortitude
tentative
14. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
perpetuate
bereft
omnivorous
diffident
15. Penalizing - retaliatory
commodious
clemency
punitive
warily
16. Agree - concur - consent - accede
diffident
benefactor
stolid
assent
17. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium
holocaust
solace (n/v)
chaos
suppress (v)
18. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
obsolete
omnivorous
dour
craven
19. Objectionable - blameworthy - culpable - odious
tepid
reprehensible
retrogress
benevolent
20. Perceive - detect - distinguish
discern
opulent
suave
stultify
21. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase
Converge
cursory
Nonchalant
assent
22. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against
clemency
artifice
implicate
impervious
23. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
benefactor
indomitable
temerity
benevolent
24. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
retrogress
decrepit
malevolent
belligerent
25. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
unfeigned
ironic (adj)
musty (adj)
grimace
26. Decrease - passing away
duplicity
multifarious
demise
commodious
27. Decline - relinquish - forgo
waive
artifice
tepid
apathy
28. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding
extant
virulent
indomitable
inopportune (adj)
29. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
voluminous
stately (adj)
negligible
scrutinize
30. Effortless - assured - poised - specious
voluminous
apathy
verbatim
facile
31. Stimulate - excite gladden
discrepancy
exhilarate
assent
deft (adj)
32. Unselfish - selfless - concerned with the welfare of others
altruistic
voluminous
Converge
solace (n/v)
33. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
martinet
Venial
artifice
craven
34. Outmoded - antiquated - passe - old hat
ominous (adj)
obsolete
quintessence
Disperse
35. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
remiss
implicate
waive
delete
36. Remove - cancel - expunge
embark
delete
artifice
fortitude
37. Contaminate - pollute - sully
musty (adj)
alienate
ironic (adj)
adulterate
38. Attached - related - joined
truculent
chivalrous
Panacea
Affiliated
39. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
augment
harass
gibe
amicable
40. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
warily
demise
Panacea
adroit
41. Exact - precisely
feasible
Converge
omnivorous
verbatim
42. Congenial - neighborly - cordial
amicable
Invulnerable
indomitable
guise
43. Achievement - fulfillment
Panacea
Attainment
embark
delete
44. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
venal (adj)
gape
deploy
apathy
45. Costume - semblance - pretense
demise
guise
somber
altruistic
46. Unerring - certain - free from error
musty (adj)
remiss
pliable
infallible
47. Turncoat - defector - heretic
jeopardy
renegade
omnivorous
feasible
48. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
vociferous
perpetuate
meticulous
accede (v)
49. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
officious (adj)
plod
craven
musty (adj)
50. Delete - efface - annihilate
Skulk
deft (adj)
Expunge
rampant (adj)