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Hard Synonyms 2
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english
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grammar
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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. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
unkempt
truculent
destitute (adj)
augment
2. Taskmaster - slave driver
delete
martinet
embark
precedent
3. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
chivalrous
delete
parsimonious
Scrupulous
4. Guide - tradition - model
precedent
obviate
Converge
discrepancy
5. Antiquated - hackneyed
delete
squalid
musty (adj)
ominous (adj)
6. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
consecrate
Attainment
insidious
altruistic
7. Detest - despise - abominate
Attainment
unkempt
abhor
jeopardy
8. Discover - determine - establish
Ascertain
discern
waive
accede (v)
9. Devote - dedicate - sanctify
consecrate
corrosive
fallow
quandary
10. Varied - manifold - heterogenous
implicate
alienate
multifarious
abhor
11. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
reprisal
ominous (adj)
precedent
temerity
12. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
cursory
insidious
meticulous
obsolete
13. Workable - practicable - viable
augment
discrepancy
decrepit
feasible
14. Widespread - unrestrained - extravagant - prevalent
compatible
Uncanny
rampant (adj)
stultify
15. Versatile - facile
tentative
corrosive
ambidextrous
Expunge
16. Consent - concur - comply - assent
malevolent
parsimonious
accede (v)
Cogent
17. Perceive - detect - distinguish
adversary
reprehensible
comprise (v)
discern
18. Objectionable - blameworthy - culpable - odious
vociferous
reprehensible
urbane
animosity
19. Supple - adaptable - resilient
chivalrous
venal (adj)
pliable
Finite
20. Distinct - forthright - unambiguous - clear
discrepancy
verbatim
sojourn
explicit (adj)
21. Risk - hazard - peril
decrepit
jeopardy
cursory
vociferous
22. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
commodious
quandary
ambidextrous
adversary
23. Congenial - neighborly - cordial
amicable
Venial
feasible
quandary
24. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
supple (adj)
ingenuous
gibe
commodious
25. Enmity - rancor - antipathy
animosity
insidious
exhilarate
punitive
26. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
alienate
repose
deride
unfeigned
27. Bounded - measurable
ironic (adj)
Finite
chaos
reprehensible
28. Incriminate - entangle
implicate
Panacea
warily
supple (adj)
29. Blustery - tempestuous - implacable
inclement
indomitable
augment
dearth
30. Impregnable - impervious - immune
Invulnerable
abhor
suave
omnivorous
31. All-devouring - voracious
Omniscient
averse
omnivorous
embark
32. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
warily
adversary
Scrupulous
pinnacle (n)
33. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise
extirpate (v)
impervious
discern
infallible
34. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
dearth
gape
venal (adj)
verbatim
35. Clue - indication - inkling
scrutinize
intimation
Ascertain
ominous (adj)
36. Delete - efface - annihilate
diffident
craven
Expunge
adulterate
37. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding
remiss
indomitable
obsolete
harass
38. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness
clemency
deft (adj)
Cogent
urbane
39. Disincline - loath
feasible
averse
guise
duplicity
40. Stimulate - excite gladden
abhor
Panacea
diffident
exhilarate
41. Agree - concur - consent - accede
coerce
temerity
assent
clemency
42. Meet - unite - intersect - merge
Converge
diffident
consecrate
benevolent
43. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
somber
opulent
deride
impetus
44. Surviving - in existence
duplicity
extant
insidious
deride
45. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
pungent
Finite
decrepit
urbane
46. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery
impetus
apprehensive
perpetuate
explicit (adj)
47. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
rampant (adj)
Bequeath
diffident
fallow
48. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged
premeditated (adj)
Esteem
deft (adj)
brandish (v)
49. Exact - precisely
demise
verbatim
apathy
chivalrous
50. Respect - admire - honor - revere
reiterate
brandish (v)
augment
Esteem