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Hard Synonyms 2
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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. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
pliable
delete
tepid
sojourn
2. Contaminate - pollute - sully
suppress (v)
adulterate
explicit (adj)
ambidextrous
3. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
discrepancy
pinnacle (n)
destitute (adj)
Attainment
4. Persuasive - compelling
meticulous
squalid
suave
Cogent
5. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
negligible
deploy
artifice
craven
6. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged
Affiliated
temerity
premeditated (adj)
facile
7. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
Scrupulous
Nonchalant
omnivorous
diffident
8. Inspect - pore over
renegade
precedent
pinnacle (n)
scrutinize
9. Lumber - trudge
plod
gibe
remiss
discern
10. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
destitute (adj)
plod
benefactor
pungent
11. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
Ascertain
ominous (adj)
benefactor
temerity
12. Congenial - neighborly - cordial
opulent
amicable
officious (adj)
Expunge
13. Revert - degenerate - decline
multifarious
retrogress
averse
warily
14. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
commodious
musty (adj)
augment
amicable
15. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
augment
warily
ingenuous
chaos
16. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
quintessence
dour
diffident
musty (adj)
17. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
infallible
facile
insidious
stately (adj)
18. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated
deride
renegade
adulterate
turbulent
19. Paragon - exemplar
exhilarate
embark
retrogress
quintessence
20. Elegant
craven
urbane
animosity
Affiliated
21. Sophisticated - urbane -polished
Skulk
suave
averse
malevolent
22. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
Omniscient
inopportune (adj)
negligible
Supercilious
23. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
reprehensible
comprise (v)
deride
malevolent
24. Risk - hazard - peril
jeopardy
unkempt
benevolent
reiterate
25. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
deft (adj)
commodious
apathy
intimation
26. Attached - related - joined
Converge
Affiliated
stultify
deride
27. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
truculent
exhilarate
indomitable
belligerent
28. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
Bequeath
negligible
stately (adj)
solace (n/v)
29. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
corrosive
obsolete
stately (adj)
reiterate
30. Meet - unite - intersect - merge
parsimonious
clemency
Converge
punitive
31. Bounded - measurable
ingenuous
fallow
Finite
adulterate
32. Eerie - inexplicable
warily
renegade
Uncanny
duplicity
33. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
extant
impetus
bereft
chivalrous
34. All-devouring - voracious
reprehensible
omnivorous
Attainment
waive
35. Versatile - facile
verbatim
reiterate
ambidextrous
clemency
36. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
unfeigned
Uncanny
unkempt
venal (adj)
37. Station - organize
cursory
abhor
scrutinize
deploy
38. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
stately (adj)
holocaust
truculent
obsolete
39. Mournful - dismal
abhor
somber
impetus
quintessence
40. Consent - concur - comply - assent
accede (v)
somber
stolid
repose
41. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
explicit (adj)
solace (n/v)
Ascertain
inopportune (adj)
42. Unselfish - selfless - concerned with the welfare of others
decrepit
altruistic
Attainment
animosity
43. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant
impetus
implicate
supple (adj)
Panacea
44. Supple - adaptable - resilient
apathy
supple (adj)
pliable
inclement
45. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
condolence
inopportune (adj)
ironic (adj)
inclement
46. Blustery - tempestuous - implacable
inclement
somber
assent
tepid
47. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
infallible
belligerent
unfeigned
indomitable
48. Costume - semblance - pretense
coerce
benefactor
reprehensible
guise
49. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
impervious
duplicity
adroit
discern
50. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
ambidextrous
venal (adj)
meticulous
stolid