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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Preclude - forestall - ward off
repose
quintessence
rampant (adj)
obviate
2. Clue - indication - inkling
voluminous
precedent
altruistic
intimation
3. Impulse - incentive - spur
assent
perpetuate
impetus
renegade
4. Modify - improve - correct
plod
abhor
extirpate (v)
amend
5. Taskmaster - slave driver
artifice
martinet
assent
reprehensible
6. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
temerity
negligible
grimace
waive
7. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
opulent
indomitable
Esteem
unfeigned
8. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
deft (adj)
meticulous
coerce
quandary
9. Lurk - slink - prowl
warily
Skulk
holocaust
extirpate (v)
10. Commence - launch - begin - board
embark
Skulk
condolence
Attainment
11. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
retrogress
tepid
ingenuous
perpetuate
12. Pained expression - facial contortion
suppress (v)
grimace
duplicity
animosity
13. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness
clemency
exhilarate
deft (adj)
cursory
14. Exact - precisely
Cogent
reprisal
assent
verbatim
15. Provisional - inconclusive
tentative
chivalrous
obviate
waive
16. Bereaved
unkempt
bereft
extol
discrepancy
17. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
somber
apprehensive
fortitude
holocaust
18. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise
perpetuate
ominous (adj)
extirpate (v)
reiterate
19. Stimulate - excite gladden
discern
benevolent
exhilarate
ominous (adj)
20. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate
pinnacle (n)
stultify
Cogent
inopportune (adj)
21. Sophisticated - urbane -polished
unfeigned
remiss
suave
explicit (adj)
22. Agree - concur - consent - accede
Scrupulous
coerce
pungent
assent
23. Elegant
pliable
urbane
retrogress
amicable
24. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
corrosive
Expunge
stultify
grimace
25. Decrease - passing away
inopportune (adj)
augment
Venial
demise
26. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
scrutinize
temerity
negligible
buffet
27. Unproductive - inert - dormant
condolence
verbatim
adulterate
fallow
28. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
impervious
decrepit
accede (v)
duplicity
29. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
extirpate (v)
truculent
unfeigned
virulent
30. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant
supple (adj)
explicit (adj)
adulterate
extirpate (v)
31. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
reprehensible
tepid
redress
dearth
32. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
Finite
venal (adj)
jeopardy
consecrate
33. Perceive - detect - distinguish
cursory
apathy
altruistic
discern
34. Remove - cancel - expunge
insidious
musty (adj)
Converge
delete
35. Compose - constitute - encompass
diffident
artifice
comprise (v)
muse
36. Inspect - pore over
scrutinize
rampant (adj)
meticulous
amicable
37. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
pinnacle (n)
facile
Expunge
Disperse
38. Decline - relinquish - forgo
waive
vociferous
rampant (adj)
solace (n/v)
39. Attached - related - joined
Affiliated
venal (adj)
apathy
stolid
40. Commiseration - solace - sympathy
jeopardy
inclement
condolence
altruistic
41. Swing - shake
temerity
negligible
brandish (v)
scrutinize
42. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
adversary
brandish (v)
demise
revel
43. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
deploy
deft (adj)
buffet
infallible
44. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
quintessence
scrutinize
repose
destitute (adj)
45. Lumber - trudge
solace (n/v)
plod
indomitable
muse
46. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
remiss
negligible
commodious
squalid
47. Outmoded - antiquated - passe - old hat
inclement
corrosive
Cogent
obsolete
48. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
deploy
meticulous
perpetuate
precedent
49. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant
dearth
plod
malevolent
inopportune (adj)
50. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
Supercilious
multifarious
obsolete
omnivorous