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Hard Synonyms 2
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english
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
perpetuate
revel
cursory
gape
2. Applaud - entrust
retrogress
opulent
commend
solace (n/v)
3. Unproductive - inert - dormant
altruistic
squalid
malevolent
fallow
4. Guide - tradition - model
precedent
craven
deride
ingenuous
5. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
amend
altruistic
officious (adj)
apprehensive
6. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding
omnivorous
indomitable
corrosive
Esteem
7. Compose - constitute - encompass
comprise (v)
musty (adj)
brandish (v)
Disperse
8. Visit - stop over - brief stay
muse
sojourn
ambidextrous
unfeigned
9. Eerie - inexplicable
waive
Affiliated
reprehensible
Uncanny
10. Discover - determine - establish
Ascertain
turbulent
holocaust
Finite
11. Revert - degenerate - decline
retrogress
chivalrous
officious (adj)
harass
12. Turncoat - defector - heretic
recalcitrant
renegade
buffet
apathy
13. Exact - precisely
deride
artifice
verbatim
parsimonious
14. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
quandary
renegade
waive
truculent
15. Universal cure - easy solution
plod
extant
Panacea
officious (adj)
16. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant
destitute (adj)
gape
harass
supple (adj)
17. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
obsolete
implicate
extirpate (v)
perpetuate
18. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
indomitable
duplicity
pungent
Expunge
19. Rich - lavish - plentiful - abundant
venal (adj)
chivalrous
opulent
buffet
20. Impulse - incentive - spur
impetus
reiterate
Esteem
benevolent
21. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
ominous (adj)
commend
Supercilious
impetus
22. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
pinnacle (n)
tepid
buffet
decrepit
23. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
pinnacle (n)
fortitude
unfeigned
Uncanny
24. Attached - related - joined
sojourn
dearth
Affiliated
condolence
25. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
ingenuous
pungent
clemency
stultify
26. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
Supercilious
embark
unkempt
negligible
27. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
insidious
abhor
Omniscient
warily
28. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
grimace
martinet
insidious
craven
29. Detest - despise - abominate
insidious
reprehensible
abhor
tepid
30. Inspect - pore over
Invulnerable
sojourn
scrutinize
alienate
31. Meet - unite - intersect - merge
officious (adj)
Converge
fallow
quandary
32. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
somber
cursory
solace (n/v)
harass
33. Objectionable - blameworthy - culpable - odious
urbane
demise
reprehensible
revel
34. Pained expression - facial contortion
grimace
punitive
perpetuate
somber
35. Delete - efface - annihilate
duplicity
implicate
Expunge
Venial
36. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain
cursory
Skulk
coerce
urbane
37. Comfortable - ample - capacious
dour
vociferous
commodious
Invulnerable
38. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
adroit
squalid
pinnacle (n)
clemency
39. Antiquated - hackneyed
musty (adj)
abhor
voluminous
Scrupulous
40. Glorify - applaud - acclaim - hail
verbatim
extol
dearth
craven
41. Surviving - in existence
somber
extant
deride
ironic (adj)
42. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
bereft
muse
apathy
condolence
43. Elegant
urbane
demise
suppress (v)
tentative
44. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
precedent
plod
dearth
Affiliated
45. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
unfeigned
apprehensive
martinet
repose
46. Break up - dispel
Disperse
Attainment
somber
discern
47. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
obviate
meticulous
corrosive
scrutinize
48. Remove - cancel - expunge
Bequeath
delete
implicate
supple (adj)
49. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
inopportune (adj)
Bequeath
ironic (adj)
apathy
50. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
temerity
plod
facile
Venial