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Hard Synonyms 2
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english
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grammar
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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. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
officious (adj)
Esteem
pungent
punitive
2. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
cursory
ingenuous
extant
bereft
3. Sophisticated - urbane -polished
ominous (adj)
accede (v)
consecrate
suave
4. Unproductive - inert - dormant
accede (v)
fallow
inclement
pinnacle (n)
5. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
holocaust
somber
musty (adj)
buffet
6. Enmity - rancor - antipathy
deride
animosity
retrogress
corrosive
7. Antagonist - rival - foe
adversary
musty (adj)
turbulent
consecrate
8. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
solace (n/v)
benefactor
squalid
inclement
9. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
truculent
gibe
reiterate
dour
10. All-devouring - voracious
omnivorous
meticulous
bereft
amicable
11. Eerie - inexplicable
temerity
Uncanny
perpetuate
adroit
12. Lurk - slink - prowl
Skulk
demise
reiterate
craven
13. Turncoat - defector - heretic
harass
ironic (adj)
punitive
renegade
14. Disincline - loath
stultify
reprehensible
extant
averse
15. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
holocaust
venal (adj)
implicate
adulterate
16. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
fortitude
Converge
adroit
retrogress
17. Revert - degenerate - decline
retrogress
tentative
adroit
discrepancy
18. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
Ascertain
stolid
discern
tepid
19. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery
unfeigned
stately (adj)
apprehensive
rampant (adj)
20. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant
obsolete
insidious
impervious
supple (adj)
21. Achievement - fulfillment
commend
recalcitrant
reprisal
Attainment
22. Rich - lavish - plentiful - abundant
holocaust
decrepit
Expunge
opulent
23. Antiquated - hackneyed
deploy
musty (adj)
obviate
apathy
24. Decline - relinquish - forgo
solace (n/v)
waive
amend
commodious
25. Discover - determine - establish
malevolent
Ascertain
benefactor
extol
26. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
suave
tentative
voluminous
inopportune (adj)
27. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
gibe
coerce
waive
Expunge
28. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
inclement
venal (adj)
explicit (adj)
dearth
29. Persuasive - compelling
Cogent
commend
jeopardy
vociferous
30. Surviving - in existence
extant
chaos
condolence
adversary
31. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness
renegade
consecrate
adroit
clemency
32. Impulse - incentive - spur
duplicity
impetus
comprise (v)
jeopardy
33. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
negligible
warily
benevolent
consecrate
34. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
vociferous
Panacea
parsimonious
opulent
35. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
punitive
diffident
stately (adj)
Skulk
36. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
musty (adj)
urbane
Venial
ironic (adj)
37. Compose - constitute - encompass
quandary
dour
gibe
comprise (v)
38. Grand - magnificent - imposing
premeditated (adj)
abhor
unkempt
stately (adj)
39. Provisional - inconclusive
Cogent
jeopardy
tentative
negligible
40. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
reprisal
deride
voluminous
grimace
41. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
stultify
apathy
Supercilious
jeopardy
42. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
Supercilious
adversary
Omniscient
commend
43. Penalizing - retaliatory
infallible
reprehensible
gape
punitive
44. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated
artifice
virulent
turbulent
inopportune (adj)
45. Stimulate - excite gladden
tepid
exhilarate
deft (adj)
condolence
46. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
benevolent
punitive
unfeigned
gibe
47. Preclude - forestall - ward off
malevolent
chaos
deft (adj)
obviate
48. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
augment
perpetuate
grimace
precedent
49. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
craven
ingenuous
somber
gape
50. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
deride
venal (adj)
inopportune (adj)
negligible