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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Commiseration - solace - sympathy
pinnacle (n)
condolence
stultify
intimation
2. Visit - stop over - brief stay
ominous (adj)
sojourn
Omniscient
diffident
3. Supple - adaptable - resilient
inclement
pliable
truculent
gape
4. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
Expunge
Finite
augment
jeopardy
5. Remove - cancel - expunge
musty (adj)
Omniscient
delete
martinet
6. Taskmaster - slave driver
insidious
martinet
sojourn
amend
7. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against
impervious
Ascertain
rampant (adj)
Scrupulous
8. Versatile - facile
ambidextrous
augment
craven
supple (adj)
9. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant
compatible
amend
chivalrous
supple (adj)
10. Paragon - exemplar
tentative
quandary
quintessence
cursory
11. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
Ascertain
explicit (adj)
Invulnerable
tepid
12. Contaminate - pollute - sully
muse
punitive
adulterate
remiss
13. Guide - tradition - model
deride
recalcitrant
suppress (v)
precedent
14. Lurk - slink - prowl
parsimonious
Cogent
Skulk
Ascertain
15. Unproductive - inert - dormant
fallow
guise
adulterate
commend
16. Elegant
urbane
fortitude
somber
condolence
17. Grand - magnificent - imposing
pinnacle (n)
unkempt
stately (adj)
chivalrous
18. Decrease - passing away
feasible
Esteem
demise
revel
19. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
buffet
cursory
quandary
stultify
20. Universal cure - easy solution
Panacea
ironic (adj)
explicit (adj)
ominous (adj)
21. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
discrepancy
intimation
negligible
impetus
22. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
grimace
verbatim
ironic (adj)
Skulk
23. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
solace (n/v)
venal (adj)
compatible
pungent
24. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
commend
muse
holocaust
duplicity
25. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
holocaust
negligible
truculent
renegade
26. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate
fortitude
amend
multifarious
stultify
27. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
delete
chivalrous
diffident
embark
28. Devote - dedicate - sanctify
retrogress
omnivorous
consecrate
commend
29. Eerie - inexplicable
fallow
precedent
Uncanny
Omniscient
30. Applaud - entrust
intimation
Invulnerable
chaos
commend
31. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise
negligible
adulterate
extirpate (v)
opulent
32. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
holocaust
unfeigned
Converge
feasible
33. Respect - admire - honor - revere
parsimonious
compatible
venal (adj)
Esteem
34. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
renegade
amicable
deride
pliable
35. Impregnable - impervious - immune
Invulnerable
Finite
unfeigned
urbane
36. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
indomitable
muse
suppress (v)
intimation
37. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
Scrupulous
supple (adj)
benefactor
Attainment
38. Agree - concur - consent - accede
suppress (v)
deft (adj)
meticulous
assent
39. Antagonist - rival - foe
inopportune (adj)
Attainment
plod
adversary
40. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
venal (adj)
adulterate
truculent
bereft
41. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous
craven
ominous (adj)
meticulous
ingenuous
42. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
reprehensible
unkempt
premeditated (adj)
verbatim
43. Pained expression - facial contortion
extirpate (v)
verbatim
grimace
ominous (adj)
44. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
artifice
extol
stultify
belligerent
45. Separate - drive apart - estrange
deride
alienate
pliable
Skulk
46. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
guise
pinnacle (n)
warily
apprehensive
47. Achievement - fulfillment
Attainment
grimace
demise
tentative
48. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
Disperse
fallow
revel
tepid
49. Swing - shake
clemency
punitive
discrepancy
brandish (v)
50. Attached - related - joined
Affiliated
benevolent
feasible
obsolete