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Hard Synonyms 2
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english
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Achievement - fulfillment
Attainment
obviate
precedent
punitive
2. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
scrutinize
negligible
somber
comprise (v)
3. Outmoded - antiquated - passe - old hat
exhilarate
Attainment
obsolete
suppress (v)
4. Unselfish - selfless - concerned with the welfare of others
Nonchalant
apprehensive
altruistic
benevolent
5. Commence - launch - begin - board
Invulnerable
venal (adj)
premeditated (adj)
embark
6. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
plod
alienate
Omniscient
pinnacle (n)
7. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
tentative
clemency
Supercilious
Nonchalant
8. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
reprisal
somber
multifarious
virulent
9. Respect - admire - honor - revere
holocaust
Esteem
precedent
abhor
10. Lumber - trudge
consecrate
recalcitrant
supple (adj)
plod
11. Paragon - exemplar
pungent
quintessence
exhilarate
Nonchalant
12. Congenial - neighborly - cordial
Scrupulous
precedent
amicable
omnivorous
13. Impulse - incentive - spur
virulent
consecrate
impetus
warily
14. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate
Omniscient
ingenuous
reprehensible
stultify
15. Lurk - slink - prowl
stultify
adulterate
Skulk
Ascertain
16. Enmity - rancor - antipathy
animosity
vociferous
redress
dour
17. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
compatible
impetus
solace (n/v)
warily
18. Turncoat - defector - heretic
tepid
apprehensive
infallible
renegade
19. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
duplicity
Panacea
plod
adroit
20. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged
retrogress
premeditated (adj)
punitive
guise
21. Revert - degenerate - decline
omnivorous
commodious
Invulnerable
retrogress
22. Perceive - detect - distinguish
supple (adj)
commodious
discern
Nonchalant
23. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
buffet
meticulous
augment
scrutinize
24. Benign - well meaning
unfeigned
embark
benevolent
Supercilious
25. Workable - practicable - viable
feasible
adulterate
warily
rampant (adj)
26. Devote - dedicate - sanctify
impetus
commend
holocaust
consecrate
27. Varied - manifold - heterogenous
infallible
multifarious
Disperse
negligible
28. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
ironic (adj)
redress
ambidextrous
ominous (adj)
29. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
apathy
intimation
augment
artifice
30. Pained expression - facial contortion
Venial
grimace
martinet
duplicity
31. Risk - hazard - peril
jeopardy
amend
gibe
condolence
32. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
implicate
bereft
benefactor
omnivorous
33. Swing - shake
cursory
tepid
brandish (v)
Venial
34. Objectionable - blameworthy - culpable - odious
voluminous
reprehensible
recalcitrant
adversary
35. Remove - cancel - expunge
dearth
supple (adj)
deploy
delete
36. Costume - semblance - pretense
guise
benevolent
Panacea
bereft
37. Visit - stop over - brief stay
sojourn
Converge
benefactor
impervious
38. Bounded - measurable
Disperse
stultify
Finite
Nonchalant
39. Taskmaster - slave driver
venal (adj)
pinnacle (n)
diffident
martinet
40. Compose - constitute - encompass
implicate
negligible
comprise (v)
Expunge
41. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
repose
demise
chaos
discrepancy
42. Exact - precisely
verbatim
diffident
averse
destitute (adj)
43. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
sojourn
amicable
corrosive
inclement
44. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence
Ascertain
squalid
chivalrous
suppress (v)
45. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
fortitude
implicate
dearth
holocaust
46. Station - organize
discern
deploy
Disperse
perpetuate
47. Rectify - correct - mitigate
adulterate
redress
fallow
Disperse
48. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
gape
guise
verbatim
destitute (adj)
49. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain
coerce
corrosive
apathy
holocaust
50. Elegant
coerce
urbane
clemency
belligerent