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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. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
parsimonious
implicate
repose
Uncanny
2. Decrease - passing away
deride
truculent
demise
altruistic
3. Swing - shake
brandish (v)
parsimonious
virulent
scrutinize
4. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
voluminous
discrepancy
apprehensive
Ascertain
5. Modify - improve - correct
decrepit
suave
gibe
amend
6. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
amend
Venial
muse
bereft
7. Restate - rehash - recapitulate
turbulent
reiterate
sojourn
Supercilious
8. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
artifice
reprisal
reiterate
Affiliated
9. Detest - despise - abominate
Supercilious
Panacea
deploy
abhor
10. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
Converge
meticulous
remiss
reiterate
11. Compose - constitute - encompass
pungent
meticulous
quandary
comprise (v)
12. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
Disperse
duplicity
unkempt
virulent
13. Commiseration - solace - sympathy
condolence
turbulent
brandish (v)
feasible
14. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
perpetuate
Cogent
Omniscient
inclement
15. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
benefactor
punitive
amend
Converge
16. Perceive - detect - distinguish
recalcitrant
ominous (adj)
discern
Invulnerable
17. Meet - unite - intersect - merge
quandary
inclement
Converge
benevolent
18. Agree - concur - consent - accede
decrepit
Ascertain
assent
turbulent
19. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous
extant
discern
vociferous
ominous (adj)
20. Exact - precisely
dour
solace (n/v)
remiss
verbatim
21. Revert - degenerate - decline
chivalrous
solace (n/v)
retrogress
commodious
22. Separate - drive apart - estrange
retrogress
alienate
multifarious
coerce
23. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
Finite
jeopardy
solace (n/v)
quandary
24. Persuasive - compelling
Cogent
amend
harass
jeopardy
25. Universal cure - easy solution
impervious
amicable
commend
Panacea
26. Unselfish - selfless - concerned with the welfare of others
reiterate
impetus
sojourn
altruistic
27. Guide - tradition - model
precedent
turbulent
reprisal
musty (adj)
28. Widespread - unrestrained - extravagant - prevalent
pinnacle (n)
rampant (adj)
Finite
obviate
29. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
Uncanny
commend
solace (n/v)
dour
30. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
dearth
renegade
cursory
Attainment
31. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger
scrutinize
extol
harass
precedent
32. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
Uncanny
decrepit
guise
chivalrous
33. Antagonist - rival - foe
adversary
stately (adj)
Scrupulous
animosity
34. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
rampant (adj)
fortitude
Nonchalant
intimation
35. Excusable - forgivable
Panacea
Venial
gibe
Supercilious
36. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
supple (adj)
tepid
malevolent
dearth
37. Remove - cancel - expunge
embark
pliable
delete
voluminous
38. Disincline - loath
assent
temerity
gibe
averse
39. Eerie - inexplicable
Ascertain
condolence
vociferous
Uncanny
40. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged
Cogent
premeditated (adj)
rampant (adj)
condolence
41. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
parsimonious
officious (adj)
musty (adj)
waive
42. Grand - magnificent - imposing
destitute (adj)
solace (n/v)
stately (adj)
clemency
43. Decline - relinquish - forgo
waive
reprehensible
pliable
pinnacle (n)
44. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
truculent
Venial
vociferous
Disperse
45. Outmoded - antiquated - passe - old hat
obsolete
Panacea
augment
redress
46. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
pungent
brandish (v)
buffet
temerity
47. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
impetus
belligerent
destitute (adj)
musty (adj)
48. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
apathy
intimation
stultify
pinnacle (n)
49. Wise - all-knowing
delete
verbatim
Omniscient
accede (v)
50. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
Converge
remiss
truculent
deft (adj)