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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Surviving - in existence
duplicity
extant
Converge
musty (adj)
2. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
belligerent
Affiliated
repose
inopportune (adj)
3. Widespread - unrestrained - extravagant - prevalent
gibe
rampant (adj)
tentative
pungent
4. Rectify - correct - mitigate
recalcitrant
verbatim
Panacea
redress
5. Exact - precisely
verbatim
artifice
consecrate
grimace
6. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
cursory
fallow
solace (n/v)
martinet
7. Excusable - forgivable
quandary
duplicity
pinnacle (n)
Venial
8. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
renegade
revel
amicable
holocaust
9. All-devouring - voracious
explicit (adj)
omnivorous
jeopardy
altruistic
10. Risk - hazard - peril
jeopardy
altruistic
indomitable
Ascertain
11. Clue - indication - inkling
stately (adj)
suave
intimation
augment
12. Decline - relinquish - forgo
squalid
truculent
martinet
waive
13. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant
malevolent
Supercilious
recalcitrant
consecrate
14. Incriminate - entangle
apprehensive
brandish (v)
implicate
embark
15. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
Venial
dearth
precedent
decrepit
16. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded
discern
clemency
compatible
comprise (v)
17. Comfortable - ample - capacious
demise
Panacea
commodious
supple (adj)
18. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding
redress
adversary
indomitable
averse
19. Consent - concur - comply - assent
apathy
accede (v)
impervious
holocaust
20. Grand - magnificent - imposing
chivalrous
unfeigned
stately (adj)
Ascertain
21. Costume - semblance - pretense
Bequeath
condolence
guise
retrogress
22. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate
unkempt
amicable
stultify
deft (adj)
23. Attached - related - joined
malevolent
compatible
Affiliated
averse
24. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
repose
somber
buffet
stolid
25. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
turbulent
quintessence
squalid
cursory
26. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
Uncanny
corrosive
truculent
Expunge
27. Benign - well meaning
parsimonious
deride
benevolent
feasible
28. Gawk - ogle
repose
commodious
rampant (adj)
gape
29. Provisional - inconclusive
gape
tentative
punitive
commodious
30. Impregnable - impervious - immune
Invulnerable
somber
Ascertain
brandish (v)
31. Elegant
renegade
guise
altruistic
urbane
32. Unerring - certain - free from error
obsolete
gape
revel
infallible
33. Discover - determine - establish
squalid
animosity
Ascertain
plod
34. Respect - admire - honor - revere
chivalrous
gibe
punitive
Esteem
35. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence
fallow
suppress (v)
inopportune (adj)
muse
36. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
unfeigned
revel
cursory
recalcitrant
37. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
dour
belligerent
fortitude
muse
38. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery
perpetuate
suppress (v)
brandish (v)
recalcitrant
39. Bereaved
bereft
grimace
chaos
ambidextrous
40. Enmity - rancor - antipathy
animosity
Expunge
perpetuate
Disperse
41. Visit - stop over - brief stay
virulent
inclement
sojourn
alienate
42. Remove - cancel - expunge
delete
amicable
scrutinize
facile
43. Bounded - measurable
explicit (adj)
Finite
craven
unfeigned
44. Varied - manifold - heterogenous
Nonchalant
adversary
multifarious
retrogress
45. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
animosity
muse
benefactor
cursory
46. Revert - degenerate - decline
retrogress
multifarious
jeopardy
commodious
47. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
coerce
embark
Supercilious
explicit (adj)
48. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
temerity
Uncanny
verbatim
duplicity
49. Persuasive - compelling
Cogent
precedent
Expunge
consecrate
50. Universal cure - easy solution
Finite
Panacea
pliable
tentative