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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
commend
muse
plod
pliable
2. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous
revel
ominous (adj)
discrepancy
Attainment
3. Contaminate - pollute - sully
warily
adulterate
rampant (adj)
gape
4. Modify - improve - correct
amend
grimace
pinnacle (n)
belligerent
5. Antiquated - hackneyed
adversary
extol
adroit
musty (adj)
6. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
Disperse
reprehensible
craven
Finite
7. Supple - adaptable - resilient
pliable
Esteem
perpetuate
turbulent
8. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger
warily
grimace
deft (adj)
harass
9. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
infallible
reprisal
Skulk
alienate
10. Incriminate - entangle
discrepancy
dour
unfeigned
implicate
11. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against
rampant (adj)
impervious
inopportune (adj)
renegade
12. Bounded - measurable
delete
reprisal
Finite
feasible
13. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
Supercilious
consecrate
craven
turbulent
14. Mournful - dismal
Bequeath
somber
pliable
commodious
15. Guide - tradition - model
Converge
precedent
pliable
discrepancy
16. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery
truculent
dearth
plod
recalcitrant
17. Impulse - incentive - spur
deft (adj)
animosity
duplicity
impetus
18. Provisional - inconclusive
Nonchalant
Esteem
tentative
compatible
19. Achievement - fulfillment
Attainment
benevolent
coerce
averse
20. Detest - despise - abominate
adulterate
abhor
obviate
pinnacle (n)
21. Disincline - loath
averse
perpetuate
reiterate
intimation
22. Unproductive - inert - dormant
sojourn
gape
recalcitrant
fallow
23. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
warily
reprisal
Supercilious
benevolent
24. Costume - semblance - pretense
deride
guise
repose
holocaust
25. Risk - hazard - peril
jeopardy
averse
tepid
Ascertain
26. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
adulterate
quandary
stultify
unfeigned
27. Meet - unite - intersect - merge
Converge
turbulent
stately (adj)
somber
28. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
averse
gibe
truculent
Affiliated
29. Decline - relinquish - forgo
Attainment
waive
embark
impetus
30. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
insidious
benevolent
Affiliated
Panacea
31. Preclude - forestall - ward off
obviate
benefactor
chaos
renegade
32. Restate - rehash - recapitulate
reiterate
reprisal
decrepit
demise
33. Remove - cancel - expunge
bereft
benefactor
remiss
delete
34. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
opulent
guise
impetus
apathy
35. Penalizing - retaliatory
exhilarate
punitive
Attainment
turbulent
36. Widespread - unrestrained - extravagant - prevalent
rampant (adj)
infallible
opulent
meticulous
37. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
Bequeath
truculent
apprehensive
harass
38. Exact - precisely
feasible
amicable
fallow
verbatim
39. Bereaved
Omniscient
officious (adj)
bereft
altruistic
40. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
officious (adj)
inopportune (adj)
reprisal
Bequeath
41. Compose - constitute - encompass
comprise (v)
amend
quandary
reprisal
42. Swing - shake
brandish (v)
condolence
tentative
chaos
43. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
dour
plod
indomitable
stately (adj)
44. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
Scrupulous
truculent
Esteem
consecrate
45. Wise - all-knowing
officious (adj)
condolence
Omniscient
clemency
46. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
unfeigned
apprehensive
fortitude
exhilarate
47. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded
premeditated (adj)
compatible
repose
fortitude
48. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery
Disperse
commodious
virulent
apprehensive
49. Unerring - certain - free from error
infallible
fallow
discern
unkempt
50. Respect - admire - honor - revere
Invulnerable
diffident
quandary
Esteem