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Hard Synonyms 2
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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. Preclude - forestall - ward off
explicit (adj)
Disperse
amend
obviate
2. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
quintessence
virulent
altruistic
condolence
3. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
pungent
Ascertain
somber
voluminous
4. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain
coerce
benefactor
chaos
extol
5. Congenial - neighborly - cordial
bereft
perpetuate
intimation
amicable
6. Agree - concur - consent - accede
coerce
solace (n/v)
assent
abhor
7. Guide - tradition - model
precedent
clemency
insidious
extirpate (v)
8. Meet - unite - intersect - merge
Converge
turbulent
brandish (v)
exhilarate
9. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
obviate
feasible
unfeigned
deride
10. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against
officious (adj)
impervious
ingenuous
cursory
11. Distinct - forthright - unambiguous - clear
truculent
negligible
explicit (adj)
amend
12. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
insidious
commodious
decrepit
unkempt
13. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
infallible
apprehensive
truculent
dour
14. Exact - precisely
renegade
verbatim
deft (adj)
feasible
15. Sophisticated - urbane -polished
Invulnerable
supple (adj)
accede (v)
suave
16. Attached - related - joined
warily
Esteem
Affiliated
turbulent
17. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
bereft
vociferous
meticulous
Supercilious
18. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
Scrupulous
venal (adj)
premeditated (adj)
adversary
19. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
buffet
somber
unkempt
venal (adj)
20. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
premeditated (adj)
benevolent
condolence
warily
21. Rectify - correct - mitigate
insidious
reprisal
inclement
redress
22. Workable - practicable - viable
tentative
feasible
Omniscient
muse
23. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
quintessence
diffident
urbane
delete
24. Revert - degenerate - decline
Converge
ingenuous
pungent
retrogress
25. Paragon - exemplar
Affiliated
fortitude
quintessence
craven
26. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
destitute (adj)
indomitable
pungent
benevolent
27. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
tentative
gibe
impervious
destitute (adj)
28. Versatile - facile
meticulous
ambidextrous
precedent
explicit (adj)
29. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery
revel
extant
obviate
recalcitrant
30. Applaud - entrust
commend
fallow
benevolent
voluminous
31. Devote - dedicate - sanctify
consecrate
extant
parsimonious
temerity
32. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
quandary
comprise (v)
repose
commodious
33. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
animosity
alienate
inopportune (adj)
plod
34. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
corrosive
venal (adj)
stately (adj)
chaos
35. Discover - determine - establish
gape
reiterate
intimation
Ascertain
36. Commiseration - solace - sympathy
grimace
condolence
parsimonious
pliable
37. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
malevolent
deft (adj)
Esteem
inopportune (adj)
38. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
muse
fortitude
fallow
Converge
39. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
meticulous
buffet
obsolete
implicate
40. Visit - stop over - brief stay
sojourn
insidious
benefactor
compatible
41. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
Uncanny
benefactor
dearth
ambidextrous
42. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
facile
adulterate
decrepit
destitute (adj)
43. Bounded - measurable
waive
infallible
Finite
coerce
44. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
benevolent
guise
accede (v)
voluminous
45. Inspect - pore over
feasible
demise
sojourn
scrutinize
46. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
voluminous
adroit
indomitable
Finite
47. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
Attainment
Scrupulous
craven
augment
48. Bereaved
inopportune (adj)
benefactor
truculent
bereft
49. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
ironic (adj)
apathy
amicable
assent
50. Contaminate - pollute - sully
Attainment
adulterate
holocaust
renegade