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Hard Synonyms 2
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Effortless - assured - poised - specious
adversary
musty (adj)
quintessence
facile
2. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
holocaust
infallible
deft (adj)
dour
3. Attached - related - joined
impervious
Scrupulous
Affiliated
facile
4. Clue - indication - inkling
intimation
omnivorous
discern
averse
5. Visit - stop over - brief stay
revel
commend
sojourn
dour
6. Glorify - applaud - acclaim - hail
remiss
retrogress
gape
extol
7. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise
somber
waive
pungent
extirpate (v)
8. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against
discrepancy
jeopardy
impervious
Attainment
9. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated
martinet
turbulent
commodious
adroit
10. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
parsimonious
jeopardy
intimation
ingenuous
11. Preclude - forestall - ward off
officious (adj)
obviate
tentative
insidious
12. Decrease - passing away
somber
demise
corrosive
fallow
13. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
negligible
benefactor
squalid
Panacea
14. Meet - unite - intersect - merge
premeditated (adj)
Converge
venal (adj)
perpetuate
15. Inspect - pore over
waive
pinnacle (n)
verbatim
scrutinize
16. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
opulent
fortitude
malevolent
decrepit
17. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
remiss
virulent
venal (adj)
unkempt
18. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
artifice
augment
tepid
adulterate
19. All-devouring - voracious
revel
belligerent
omnivorous
scrutinize
20. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
deft (adj)
revel
gibe
compatible
21. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
duplicity
Affiliated
punitive
premeditated (adj)
22. Impassive - phlegmatic
stolid
amicable
somber
Skulk
23. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
Ascertain
repose
adroit
inopportune (adj)
24. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
reiterate
jeopardy
officious (adj)
repose
25. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
tentative
vociferous
squalid
coerce
26. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
extol
holocaust
animosity
obsolete
27. Revert - degenerate - decline
holocaust
altruistic
retrogress
perpetuate
28. Costume - semblance - pretense
guise
duplicity
sojourn
grimace
29. Benign - well meaning
Panacea
pinnacle (n)
Disperse
benevolent
30. Elegant
urbane
ambidextrous
solace (n/v)
amend
31. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous
ominous (adj)
alienate
fortitude
implicate
32. Taskmaster - slave driver
bereft
scrutinize
martinet
unfeigned
33. Antiquated - hackneyed
adulterate
embark
musty (adj)
redress
34. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
redress
dearth
squalid
Ascertain
35. Respect - admire - honor - revere
verbatim
benevolent
Esteem
Affiliated
36. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence
comprise (v)
suppress (v)
reprisal
compatible
37. Lumber - trudge
stately (adj)
plod
muse
adroit
38. Devote - dedicate - sanctify
parsimonious
altruistic
stolid
consecrate
39. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
impervious
craven
altruistic
diffident
40. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding
Finite
indomitable
reiterate
ironic (adj)
41. Grand - magnificent - imposing
deploy
stately (adj)
adversary
squalid
42. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
decrepit
Panacea
Venial
deride
43. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
temerity
pinnacle (n)
adroit
stately (adj)
44. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
renegade
diffident
impervious
solace (n/v)
45. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness
clemency
deploy
diffident
discrepancy
46. Lurk - slink - prowl
deploy
opulent
Skulk
Omniscient
47. Bereaved
adroit
fortitude
bereft
ironic (adj)
48. Detest - despise - abominate
Disperse
brandish (v)
inopportune (adj)
abhor
49. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
impervious
adroit
warily
Bequeath
50. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
Scrupulous
apathy
turbulent
dearth