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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. Decline - relinquish - forgo
Panacea
deploy
urbane
waive
2. Lurk - slink - prowl
discern
Ascertain
coerce
Skulk
3. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
apathy
musty (adj)
benevolent
meticulous
4. Revert - degenerate - decline
musty (adj)
apathy
retrogress
quandary
5. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
supple (adj)
inopportune (adj)
pungent
rampant (adj)
6. Rich - lavish - plentiful - abundant
opulent
vociferous
implicate
suppress (v)
7. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence
vociferous
suppress (v)
animosity
explicit (adj)
8. Taskmaster - slave driver
martinet
omnivorous
stultify
buffet
9. Antagonist - rival - foe
retrogress
reiterate
destitute (adj)
adversary
10. Excusable - forgivable
Venial
embark
impervious
Skulk
11. Agree - concur - consent - accede
holocaust
assent
vociferous
solace (n/v)
12. Unselfish - selfless - concerned with the welfare of others
repose
facile
altruistic
renegade
13. Achievement - fulfillment
Attainment
facile
inclement
bereft
14. Swing - shake
brandish (v)
amend
holocaust
discrepancy
15. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
artifice
commend
decrepit
deride
16. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
harass
opulent
pungent
averse
17. Disincline - loath
unfeigned
belligerent
averse
Ascertain
18. Clue - indication - inkling
tepid
urbane
warily
intimation
19. Glorify - applaud - acclaim - hail
stolid
commend
extol
reiterate
20. Station - organize
harass
altruistic
pinnacle (n)
deploy
21. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
rampant (adj)
pungent
inclement
dearth
22. Bereaved
diffident
corrosive
ambidextrous
bereft
23. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
consecrate
jeopardy
precedent
benefactor
24. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
Invulnerable
premeditated (adj)
insidious
musty (adj)
25. Blustery - tempestuous - implacable
Expunge
precedent
destitute (adj)
inclement
26. Surviving - in existence
jeopardy
extant
dearth
bereft
27. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
plod
Invulnerable
insidious
cursory
28. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery
solace (n/v)
amicable
apprehensive
redress
29. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
Ascertain
dour
Invulnerable
suave
30. All-devouring - voracious
ambidextrous
facile
omnivorous
premeditated (adj)
31. Unproductive - inert - dormant
Affiliated
fallow
altruistic
retrogress
32. Perceive - detect - distinguish
solace (n/v)
rampant (adj)
Affiliated
discern
33. Outmoded - antiquated - passe - old hat
recalcitrant
precedent
obsolete
remiss
34. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
explicit (adj)
dearth
remiss
exhilarate
35. Distinct - forthright - unambiguous - clear
infallible
explicit (adj)
dearth
stultify
36. Unerring - certain - free from error
reiterate
benevolent
commend
infallible
37. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
explicit (adj)
augment
urbane
stultify
38. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
rampant (adj)
officious (adj)
Expunge
urbane
39. Applaud - entrust
premeditated (adj)
decrepit
commend
feasible
40. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
impetus
negligible
Scrupulous
fallow
41. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
reiterate
Attainment
Converge
solace (n/v)
42. Consent - concur - comply - assent
facile
Converge
accede (v)
comprise (v)
43. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
Supercilious
musty (adj)
virulent
adulterate
44. Paragon - exemplar
premeditated (adj)
quintessence
suppress (v)
renegade
45. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
virulent
embark
discrepancy
martinet
46. Modify - improve - correct
Cogent
amend
facile
Scrupulous
47. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant
martinet
commodious
truculent
supple (adj)
48. Restate - rehash - recapitulate
reiterate
Nonchalant
impervious
discrepancy
49. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
obviate
ambidextrous
buffet
jeopardy
50. Rectify - correct - mitigate
Attainment
buffet
squalid
redress