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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Commence - launch - begin - board
extant
venal (adj)
consecrate
embark
2. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium
tentative
chaos
musty (adj)
pinnacle (n)
3. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
revel
renegade
bereft
apprehensive
4. Stimulate - excite gladden
chivalrous
Cogent
revel
exhilarate
5. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
commodious
ironic (adj)
verbatim
omnivorous
6. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
apprehensive
meticulous
altruistic
Scrupulous
7. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
turbulent
deride
intimation
grimace
8. Restate - rehash - recapitulate
consecrate
Nonchalant
reiterate
Expunge
9. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
muse
venal (adj)
Finite
stolid
10. Exact - precisely
verbatim
reprisal
deft (adj)
stately (adj)
11. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
vociferous
adroit
voluminous
tentative
12. Impassive - phlegmatic
pungent
commend
consecrate
stolid
13. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
Supercilious
buffet
alienate
infallible
14. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
verbatim
adulterate
reprehensible
tepid
15. Elegant
holocaust
Esteem
decrepit
urbane
16. Preclude - forestall - ward off
fallow
guise
feasible
obviate
17. Separate - drive apart - estrange
alienate
dearth
condolence
punitive
18. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
supple (adj)
Supercilious
plod
premeditated (adj)
19. Swing - shake
consecrate
fallow
brandish (v)
omnivorous
20. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
benefactor
amicable
truculent
craven
21. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
alienate
holocaust
destitute (adj)
facile
22. Congenial - neighborly - cordial
warily
compatible
amicable
exhilarate
23. Gawk - ogle
altruistic
negligible
gape
recalcitrant
24. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
adroit
artifice
pinnacle (n)
pliable
25. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
warily
craven
indomitable
animosity
26. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
ominous (adj)
retrogress
embark
decrepit
27. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
fallow
remiss
accede (v)
dour
28. Compose - constitute - encompass
parsimonious
comprise (v)
embark
adroit
29. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
rampant (adj)
chivalrous
obsolete
diffident
30. Guide - tradition - model
adroit
precedent
gibe
squalid
31. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged
premeditated (adj)
Expunge
meticulous
corrosive
32. Station - organize
dour
guise
deploy
reiterate
33. Decrease - passing away
demise
Cogent
Expunge
premeditated (adj)
34. Applaud - entrust
apathy
retrogress
commend
Disperse
35. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
parsimonious
reprehensible
Converge
scrutinize
36. Taskmaster - slave driver
jeopardy
unkempt
ingenuous
martinet
37. Unerring - certain - free from error
extant
unkempt
warily
infallible
38. Agree - concur - consent - accede
assent
warily
buffet
diffident
39. Bounded - measurable
amend
Finite
remiss
solace (n/v)
40. Surviving - in existence
apprehensive
muse
extant
ironic (adj)
41. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
explicit (adj)
adulterate
Converge
negligible
42. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
obsolete
turbulent
assent
meticulous
43. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
Omniscient
ominous (adj)
solace (n/v)
suave
44. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
Cogent
perpetuate
apathy
truculent
45. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
dearth
corrosive
belligerent
quandary
46. Rich - lavish - plentiful - abundant
opulent
altruistic
impervious
reprisal
47. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery
Scrupulous
recalcitrant
gape
virulent
48. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
altruistic
Invulnerable
condolence
truculent
49. Decline - relinquish - forgo
negligible
altruistic
waive
musty (adj)
50. Glorify - applaud - acclaim - hail
apathy
ironic (adj)
Affiliated
extol