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Hard Synonyms 2
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english
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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. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
warily
deft (adj)
Supercilious
waive
2. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
brandish (v)
inopportune (adj)
Bequeath
fortitude
3. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase
pliable
turbulent
Nonchalant
Converge
4. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
benefactor
reprisal
temerity
commodious
5. Comfortable - ample - capacious
commodious
Nonchalant
discern
fallow
6. Varied - manifold - heterogenous
extant
negligible
multifarious
demise
7. Sophisticated - urbane -polished
suave
rampant (adj)
deft (adj)
tepid
8. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
Panacea
rampant (adj)
altruistic
craven
9. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
unfeigned
precedent
impervious
Omniscient
10. Unerring - certain - free from error
dour
adversary
Ascertain
infallible
11. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
inopportune (adj)
ingenuous
discern
turbulent
12. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
corrosive
renegade
obsolete
gibe
13. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
Nonchalant
parsimonious
reiterate
demise
14. Guide - tradition - model
precedent
duplicity
apprehensive
stolid
15. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
augment
recalcitrant
Invulnerable
fallow
16. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
deride
demise
infallible
reprehensible
17. Surviving - in existence
explicit (adj)
extant
diffident
chaos
18. Respect - admire - honor - revere
Esteem
meticulous
fallow
benefactor
19. Modify - improve - correct
obsolete
stolid
craven
amend
20. Delete - efface - annihilate
brandish (v)
Expunge
deft (adj)
bereft
21. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against
warily
impervious
reprehensible
muse
22. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
Ascertain
pungent
buffet
chivalrous
23. Contaminate - pollute - sully
stolid
deride
suppress (v)
adulterate
24. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
facile
benefactor
reprisal
destitute (adj)
25. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
decrepit
explicit (adj)
repose
pliable
26. Rich - lavish - plentiful - abundant
pinnacle (n)
solace (n/v)
abhor
opulent
27. Risk - hazard - peril
tepid
jeopardy
adroit
clemency
28. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
duplicity
premeditated (adj)
belligerent
dearth
29. Discover - determine - establish
embark
insidious
vociferous
Ascertain
30. Supple - adaptable - resilient
abhor
pliable
adulterate
redress
31. Antagonist - rival - foe
vociferous
implicate
suave
adversary
32. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
reiterate
muse
warily
Skulk
33. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
recalcitrant
deride
artifice
pungent
34. Clue - indication - inkling
Disperse
explicit (adj)
impetus
intimation
35. Eerie - inexplicable
Bequeath
Uncanny
parsimonious
Finite
36. Agree - concur - consent - accede
omnivorous
benefactor
stultify
assent
37. Widespread - unrestrained - extravagant - prevalent
extirpate (v)
Expunge
urbane
rampant (adj)
38. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
suave
apprehensive
ominous (adj)
squalid
39. Gawk - ogle
opulent
gape
adulterate
fallow
40. Bounded - measurable
amicable
Cogent
Finite
Ascertain
41. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
insidious
fortitude
benevolent
tepid
42. Impulse - incentive - spur
Ascertain
omnivorous
impetus
ironic (adj)
43. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded
reiterate
compatible
consecrate
sojourn
44. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium
unfeigned
chaos
perpetuate
Finite
45. Paragon - exemplar
quintessence
Converge
commend
pliable
46. Taskmaster - slave driver
deploy
coerce
deride
martinet
47. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
plod
corrosive
augment
verbatim
48. Inspect - pore over
venal (adj)
duplicity
scrutinize
pliable
49. Incriminate - entangle
implicate
revel
suave
obsolete
50. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
consecrate
meticulous
clemency
quandary