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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
tepid
dearth
harass
adroit
2. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
warily
ambidextrous
gape
stultify
3. Taskmaster - slave driver
scrutinize
pungent
martinet
tepid
4. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
truculent
stolid
exhilarate
venal (adj)
5. Universal cure - easy solution
condolence
benefactor
retrogress
Panacea
6. Applaud - entrust
dearth
discrepancy
commend
discern
7. Mournful - dismal
scrutinize
somber
bereft
Omniscient
8. Outmoded - antiquated - passe - old hat
obsolete
amend
Omniscient
diffident
9. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
Disperse
tentative
Nonchalant
fortitude
10. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant
apathy
squalid
punitive
malevolent
11. Agree - concur - consent - accede
impetus
Omniscient
multifarious
assent
12. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
multifarious
inopportune (adj)
benefactor
tepid
13. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
ironic (adj)
harass
averse
remiss
14. Stimulate - excite gladden
exhilarate
obviate
infallible
Finite
15. Bounded - measurable
Nonchalant
Scrupulous
malevolent
Finite
16. Impulse - incentive - spur
impetus
exhilarate
commend
chaos
17. Unselfish - selfless - concerned with the welfare of others
altruistic
holocaust
quandary
deploy
18. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
adroit
Invulnerable
feasible
Uncanny
19. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
Attainment
cursory
Skulk
remiss
20. Compose - constitute - encompass
somber
premeditated (adj)
Converge
comprise (v)
21. Restate - rehash - recapitulate
reiterate
apprehensive
duplicity
truculent
22. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
commend
deft (adj)
waive
explicit (adj)
23. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
artifice
Scrupulous
impervious
apathy
24. Costume - semblance - pretense
explicit (adj)
guise
unkempt
obsolete
25. Meet - unite - intersect - merge
Converge
chaos
craven
plod
26. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
accede (v)
impervious
musty (adj)
decrepit
27. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
facile
venal (adj)
pinnacle (n)
accede (v)
28. Gawk - ogle
gape
belligerent
altruistic
extirpate (v)
29. Guide - tradition - model
feasible
precedent
deft (adj)
ominous (adj)
30. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
commodious
plod
chivalrous
Invulnerable
31. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant
supple (adj)
condolence
amend
insidious
32. Antagonist - rival - foe
urbane
punitive
adversary
artifice
33. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
quandary
plod
buffet
Skulk
34. Remove - cancel - expunge
Invulnerable
clemency
Scrupulous
delete
35. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
Expunge
inopportune (adj)
apathy
unfeigned
36. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
remiss
Esteem
urbane
inclement
37. Bereaved
Cogent
bereft
indomitable
corrosive
38. Turncoat - defector - heretic
benefactor
renegade
dour
dearth
39. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
parsimonious
voluminous
gape
intimation
40. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
indomitable
tepid
verbatim
artifice
41. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
Converge
unkempt
ingenuous
animosity
42. Penalizing - retaliatory
gibe
deft (adj)
reiterate
punitive
43. Devote - dedicate - sanctify
quintessence
consecrate
Supercilious
intimation
44. Distinct - forthright - unambiguous - clear
Affiliated
chivalrous
explicit (adj)
condolence
45. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
officious (adj)
meticulous
craven
remiss
46. Detest - despise - abominate
pinnacle (n)
harass
abhor
apprehensive
47. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded
gibe
opulent
compatible
amicable
48. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
extol
Omniscient
discrepancy
malevolent
49. Exact - precisely
truculent
abhor
vociferous
verbatim
50. Widespread - unrestrained - extravagant - prevalent
reprehensible
rampant (adj)
discern
plod