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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
warily
truculent
martinet
venal (adj)
2. Outmoded - antiquated - passe - old hat
redress
meticulous
obsolete
impetus
3. Surviving - in existence
implicate
extant
brandish (v)
retrogress
4. Lumber - trudge
ironic (adj)
pliable
plod
quintessence
5. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
fortitude
assent
abhor
duplicity
6. Disincline - loath
adversary
urbane
averse
perpetuate
7. Rectify - correct - mitigate
redress
Skulk
amend
brandish (v)
8. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery
animosity
delete
apprehensive
guise
9. Mournful - dismal
redress
holocaust
somber
animosity
10. Visit - stop over - brief stay
pliable
discrepancy
Affiliated
sojourn
11. Pained expression - facial contortion
facile
grimace
supple (adj)
vociferous
12. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
tepid
intimation
ironic (adj)
Affiliated
13. Consent - concur - comply - assent
facile
accede (v)
sojourn
embark
14. Persuasive - compelling
tepid
stately (adj)
brandish (v)
Cogent
15. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
dour
muse
impervious
inopportune (adj)
16. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
chivalrous
reprisal
tepid
ironic (adj)
17. Decline - relinquish - forgo
multifarious
assent
guise
waive
18. Impassive - phlegmatic
harass
holocaust
warily
stolid
19. Restate - rehash - recapitulate
premeditated (adj)
muse
reiterate
apprehensive
20. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
chivalrous
impetus
supple (adj)
decrepit
21. Exact - precisely
sojourn
pliable
Uncanny
verbatim
22. Revert - degenerate - decline
repose
deploy
retrogress
diffident
23. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
infallible
meticulous
musty (adj)
muse
24. Elegant
urbane
clemency
Uncanny
abhor
25. Eerie - inexplicable
solace (n/v)
temerity
Uncanny
consecrate
26. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
decrepit
cursory
benevolent
ingenuous
27. Impulse - incentive - spur
ominous (adj)
impetus
multifarious
suppress (v)
28. Enmity - rancor - antipathy
Ascertain
Expunge
voluminous
animosity
29. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
negligible
intimation
commodious
buffet
30. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
tentative
venal (adj)
Attainment
feasible
31. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
compatible
commend
Venial
quandary
32. Achievement - fulfillment
Panacea
Attainment
averse
ironic (adj)
33. Provisional - inconclusive
urbane
musty (adj)
retrogress
tentative
34. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
inclement
holocaust
implicate
chivalrous
35. Agree - concur - consent - accede
musty (adj)
assent
temerity
renegade
36. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
Scrupulous
altruistic
buffet
infallible
37. Sophisticated - urbane -polished
ingenuous
discern
suave
Nonchalant
38. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
jeopardy
dour
scrutinize
suppress (v)
39. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
remiss
multifarious
punitive
scrutinize
40. Costume - semblance - pretense
guise
scrutinize
perpetuate
gape
41. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
brandish (v)
parsimonious
redress
pinnacle (n)
42. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
truculent
holocaust
dour
fallow
43. Remove - cancel - expunge
quandary
altruistic
delete
Attainment
44. Versatile - facile
insidious
adulterate
ambidextrous
embark
45. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
voluminous
negligible
ironic (adj)
dearth
46. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
inclement
extant
officious (adj)
augment
47. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
facile
perpetuate
apathy
artifice
48. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
pungent
rampant (adj)
coerce
inopportune (adj)
49. Compose - constitute - encompass
verbatim
comprise (v)
premeditated (adj)
waive
50. Meet - unite - intersect - merge
Converge
pliable
Skulk
martinet