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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
solace (n/v)
Finite
deploy
infallible
2. Elegant
Esteem
parsimonious
opulent
urbane
3. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
negligible
craven
truculent
multifarious
4. Outmoded - antiquated - passe - old hat
unkempt
dearth
obsolete
commend
5. Turncoat - defector - heretic
extol
renegade
compatible
parsimonious
6. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
artifice
impetus
impervious
ominous (adj)
7. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
chivalrous
adroit
reprisal
Bequeath
8. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
adulterate
holocaust
somber
urbane
9. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
rampant (adj)
Supercilious
stultify
vociferous
10. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger
harass
facile
accede (v)
augment
11. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
tentative
Esteem
negligible
dour
12. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
reprisal
fallow
Supercilious
apathy
13. Applaud - entrust
commend
Finite
urbane
chivalrous
14. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
virulent
amend
warily
truculent
15. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
inclement
remiss
opulent
unkempt
16. Break up - dispel
Disperse
bereft
pinnacle (n)
opulent
17. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
deft (adj)
Cogent
augment
unkempt
18. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
urbane
abhor
solace (n/v)
Scrupulous
19. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
decrepit
virulent
duplicity
harass
20. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
bereft
repose
adulterate
extol
21. Contaminate - pollute - sully
Attainment
Supercilious
adulterate
solace (n/v)
22. Stimulate - excite gladden
Venial
exhilarate
feasible
compatible
23. Excusable - forgivable
Venial
warily
punitive
suave
24. Impregnable - impervious - immune
Invulnerable
renegade
abhor
Converge
25. Attached - related - joined
tepid
martinet
Affiliated
pungent
26. Consent - concur - comply - assent
accede (v)
dearth
animosity
Cogent
27. Transmit - bestow - hand down
corrosive
duplicity
Bequeath
sojourn
28. Revert - degenerate - decline
retrogress
amicable
diffident
ominous (adj)
29. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
ominous (adj)
guise
tepid
discrepancy
30. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated
turbulent
insidious
chaos
Venial
31. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant
Scrupulous
Ascertain
malevolent
warily
32. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
stately (adj)
chivalrous
destitute (adj)
fortitude
33. Supple - adaptable - resilient
pliable
premeditated (adj)
deploy
extol
34. Modify - improve - correct
benefactor
consecrate
adversary
amend
35. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
abhor
quandary
adulterate
clemency
36. Lumber - trudge
plod
benevolent
unkempt
adversary
37. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
Affiliated
reprehensible
averse
buffet
38. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate
stultify
voluminous
ingenuous
accede (v)
39. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
waive
punitive
chivalrous
recalcitrant
40. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
extant
deride
pinnacle (n)
Esteem
41. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
artifice
Converge
Disperse
squalid
42. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
discrepancy
tentative
Ascertain
officious (adj)
43. Varied - manifold - heterogenous
multifarious
averse
vociferous
adulterate
44. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery
averse
holocaust
apprehensive
Panacea
45. Universal cure - easy solution
obviate
exhilarate
Panacea
deride
46. Exact - precisely
feasible
Finite
verbatim
indomitable
47. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness
clemency
exhilarate
insidious
renegade
48. Compose - constitute - encompass
pinnacle (n)
retrogress
feasible
comprise (v)
49. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
ominous (adj)
multifarious
meticulous
truculent
50. Persuasive - compelling
punitive
Esteem
Cogent
extirpate (v)