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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. Penalizing - retaliatory
punitive
implicate
meticulous
discern
2. Objectionable - blameworthy - culpable - odious
inclement
feasible
reprehensible
Expunge
3. Break up - dispel
holocaust
Disperse
accede (v)
remiss
4. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger
harass
Expunge
retrogress
Bequeath
5. Distinct - forthright - unambiguous - clear
explicit (adj)
inclement
repose
stately (adj)
6. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
chivalrous
accede (v)
retrogress
warily
7. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
Bequeath
holocaust
decrepit
Supercilious
8. Unerring - certain - free from error
scrutinize
infallible
Panacea
waive
9. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
scrutinize
exhilarate
inopportune (adj)
pungent
10. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
augment
belligerent
revel
inclement
11. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
cursory
buffet
warily
Bequeath
12. Enmity - rancor - antipathy
fallow
voluminous
animosity
Esteem
13. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
Bequeath
craven
facile
supple (adj)
14. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
waive
reprisal
solace (n/v)
malevolent
15. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
accede (v)
animosity
artifice
apathy
16. Surviving - in existence
Esteem
benevolent
extant
multifarious
17. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
fortitude
implicate
Converge
embark
18. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
exhilarate
bereft
animosity
duplicity
19. Benign - well meaning
impetus
quandary
holocaust
benevolent
20. Impassive - phlegmatic
coerce
stolid
recalcitrant
fallow
21. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
dearth
precedent
temerity
vociferous
22. Incriminate - entangle
implicate
meticulous
reprehensible
deft (adj)
23. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
waive
Nonchalant
destitute (adj)
dearth
24. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
belligerent
Expunge
recalcitrant
artifice
25. Rectify - correct - mitigate
alienate
malevolent
redress
amend
26. Decline - relinquish - forgo
waive
premeditated (adj)
officious (adj)
deft (adj)
27. Varied - manifold - heterogenous
accede (v)
explicit (adj)
reprisal
multifarious
28. Paragon - exemplar
quintessence
suave
vociferous
unkempt
29. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
quandary
Scrupulous
extol
Expunge
30. Outmoded - antiquated - passe - old hat
chaos
renegade
obsolete
Uncanny
31. Comfortable - ample - capacious
holocaust
deploy
commodious
explicit (adj)
32. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
tepid
corrosive
revel
discern
33. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
harass
Finite
buffet
Cogent
34. Universal cure - easy solution
repose
deft (adj)
Panacea
indomitable
35. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
Supercilious
solace (n/v)
buffet
jeopardy
36. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
augment
repose
ingenuous
alienate
37. Delete - efface - annihilate
opulent
Expunge
muse
waive
38. Glorify - applaud - acclaim - hail
reprisal
extol
solace (n/v)
guise
39. Persuasive - compelling
grimace
Cogent
somber
muse
40. Respect - admire - honor - revere
Esteem
adulterate
sojourn
suave
41. Widespread - unrestrained - extravagant - prevalent
artifice
suppress (v)
rampant (adj)
extirpate (v)
42. Grand - magnificent - imposing
solace (n/v)
reiterate
condolence
stately (adj)
43. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
augment
craven
corrosive
Affiliated
44. Attached - related - joined
Affiliated
unkempt
demise
obviate
45. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
altruistic
guise
insidious
Converge
46. Elegant
urbane
coerce
solace (n/v)
demise
47. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness
decrepit
jeopardy
amend
clemency
48. Exact - precisely
reprehensible
artifice
verbatim
meticulous
49. Lurk - slink - prowl
Invulnerable
diffident
Skulk
multifarious
50. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
Venial
decrepit
meticulous
apprehensive