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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. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
reprehensible
apprehensive
temerity
repose
2. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
pungent
unkempt
plod
clemency
3. Commiseration - solace - sympathy
stultify
extol
condolence
ambidextrous
4. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
corrosive
unkempt
apprehensive
ominous (adj)
5. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
bereft
brandish (v)
diffident
parsimonious
6. Remove - cancel - expunge
gape
delete
redress
extirpate (v)
7. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
truculent
buffet
explicit (adj)
fortitude
8. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
squalid
grimace
dearth
impervious
9. Visit - stop over - brief stay
meticulous
sojourn
extant
warily
10. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged
demise
commodious
rampant (adj)
premeditated (adj)
11. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
decrepit
augment
indomitable
Bequeath
12. Impregnable - impervious - immune
temerity
sojourn
Invulnerable
Disperse
13. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness
clemency
amicable
obviate
supple (adj)
14. Contaminate - pollute - sully
feasible
assent
officious (adj)
adulterate
15. Comfortable - ample - capacious
decrepit
commodious
apprehensive
rampant (adj)
16. Stimulate - excite gladden
precedent
exhilarate
reiterate
Uncanny
17. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise
impervious
implicate
temerity
extirpate (v)
18. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
Expunge
repose
harass
altruistic
19. Congenial - neighborly - cordial
feasible
extant
amicable
waive
20. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
dour
suave
inclement
extant
21. Swing - shake
Esteem
brandish (v)
Nonchalant
inclement
22. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
corrosive
guise
renegade
fallow
23. Break up - dispel
Expunge
artifice
quandary
Disperse
24. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
feasible
quintessence
Scrupulous
Disperse
25. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against
impervious
Cogent
deft (adj)
Converge
26. Workable - practicable - viable
retrogress
feasible
clemency
supple (adj)
27. Risk - hazard - peril
premeditated (adj)
grimace
jeopardy
reiterate
28. Taskmaster - slave driver
fallow
chaos
martinet
intimation
29. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase
Disperse
meticulous
ominous (adj)
Nonchalant
30. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
deploy
deft (adj)
feasible
holocaust
31. Persuasive - compelling
consecrate
apprehensive
accede (v)
Cogent
32. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
belligerent
virulent
insidious
discrepancy
33. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
omnivorous
stately (adj)
officious (adj)
quintessence
34. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
adroit
adulterate
somber
deride
35. Decrease - passing away
demise
parsimonious
recalcitrant
apathy
36. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
cursory
quandary
implicate
delete
37. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
ironic (adj)
recalcitrant
ominous (adj)
tentative
38. Impulse - incentive - spur
impetus
omnivorous
extant
extirpate (v)
39. Glorify - applaud - acclaim - hail
extol
Venial
chaos
virulent
40. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
Skulk
brandish (v)
benefactor
deploy
41. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
discern
reprisal
deploy
belligerent
42. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
apathy
Supercilious
destitute (adj)
fortitude
43. Meet - unite - intersect - merge
Supercilious
corrosive
Converge
parsimonious
44. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
ingenuous
Disperse
dearth
Invulnerable
45. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
Supercilious
cursory
warily
voluminous
46. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery
apprehensive
waive
Omniscient
adroit
47. Benign - well meaning
benevolent
perpetuate
Omniscient
repose
48. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate
comprise (v)
officious (adj)
stultify
ironic (adj)
49. Grand - magnificent - imposing
Ascertain
quandary
stately (adj)
Bequeath
50. Inspect - pore over
remiss
gibe
scrutinize
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