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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. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger
corrosive
obviate
extant
harass
2. Pained expression - facial contortion
grimace
precedent
harass
negligible
3. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
holocaust
assent
coerce
truculent
4. Revert - degenerate - decline
retrogress
deft (adj)
martinet
stolid
5. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
pinnacle (n)
Invulnerable
parsimonious
gape
6. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
Invulnerable
apathy
remiss
quandary
7. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
remiss
ironic (adj)
squalid
Bequeath
8. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
infallible
dour
scrutinize
explicit (adj)
9. Break up - dispel
discern
Uncanny
Disperse
extant
10. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium
officious (adj)
delete
deft (adj)
chaos
11. Impulse - incentive - spur
animosity
impetus
premeditated (adj)
augment
12. Impassive - phlegmatic
guise
stolid
Uncanny
ingenuous
13. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
duplicity
abhor
temerity
renegade
14. Contaminate - pollute - sully
dour
delete
adulterate
apathy
15. Unproductive - inert - dormant
guise
embark
vociferous
fallow
16. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
Scrupulous
destitute (adj)
ingenuous
discern
17. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding
Bequeath
indomitable
parsimonious
stolid
18. Antiquated - hackneyed
Supercilious
punitive
musty (adj)
warily
19. Incriminate - entangle
Omniscient
demise
implicate
duplicity
20. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
augment
repose
consecrate
benefactor
21. Comfortable - ample - capacious
commodious
deride
gibe
warily
22. Risk - hazard - peril
adversary
jeopardy
Bequeath
muse
23. Commence - launch - begin - board
malevolent
grimace
embark
remiss
24. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
precedent
opulent
altruistic
augment
25. Surviving - in existence
ambidextrous
demise
Ascertain
extant
26. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
deft (adj)
repose
verbatim
demise
27. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
adulterate
embark
unfeigned
insidious
28. Congenial - neighborly - cordial
Scrupulous
artifice
pliable
amicable
29. Guide - tradition - model
precedent
coerce
adversary
unkempt
30. Modify - improve - correct
altruistic
amend
gibe
squalid
31. Respect - admire - honor - revere
belligerent
verbatim
amend
Esteem
32. Taskmaster - slave driver
pungent
martinet
plod
apathy
33. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
ingenuous
virulent
Finite
tepid
34. Widespread - unrestrained - extravagant - prevalent
brandish (v)
rampant (adj)
Invulnerable
guise
35. Attached - related - joined
fallow
Affiliated
rampant (adj)
apathy
36. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
voluminous
scrutinize
supple (adj)
omnivorous
37. Elegant
assent
Disperse
urbane
demise
38. Exact - precisely
indomitable
verbatim
quintessence
cursory
39. Transmit - bestow - hand down
benefactor
altruistic
Bequeath
embark
40. Disincline - loath
averse
clemency
plod
altruistic
41. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
Disperse
harass
turbulent
fortitude
42. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
dearth
buffet
ominous (adj)
pungent
43. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
condolence
abhor
adroit
meticulous
44. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery
recalcitrant
adroit
adversary
suave
45. Remove - cancel - expunge
officious (adj)
apprehensive
delete
commend
46. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
virulent
bereft
implicate
parsimonious
47. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
meticulous
Supercilious
premeditated (adj)
altruistic
48. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated
unkempt
turbulent
comprise (v)
benevolent
49. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
jeopardy
gibe
inopportune (adj)
apprehensive
50. Gawk - ogle
stolid
gape
verbatim
consecrate