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Hard Synonyms 2
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english
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1. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
deft (adj)
accede (v)
martinet
belligerent
2. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
facile
amend
Uncanny
negligible
3. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
truculent
impervious
chaos
fortitude
4. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain
coerce
quintessence
waive
gibe
5. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous
commodious
ominous (adj)
repose
holocaust
6. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
duplicity
Venial
apathy
pungent
7. Compose - constitute - encompass
solace (n/v)
comprise (v)
martinet
turbulent
8. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded
compatible
Uncanny
urbane
amend
9. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
premeditated (adj)
officious (adj)
perpetuate
belligerent
10. Attached - related - joined
Affiliated
opulent
Supercilious
pliable
11. Agree - concur - consent - accede
averse
assent
apprehensive
amend
12. Delete - efface - annihilate
ambidextrous
premeditated (adj)
Expunge
meticulous
13. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
cursory
recalcitrant
animosity
Scrupulous
14. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
stately (adj)
fallow
waive
unfeigned
15. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
delete
holocaust
tepid
pungent
16. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
chivalrous
suppress (v)
tepid
adroit
17. Gawk - ogle
obsolete
urbane
gape
solace (n/v)
18. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
discern
punitive
jeopardy
inopportune (adj)
19. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery
verbatim
apprehensive
remiss
inopportune (adj)
20. Modify - improve - correct
amend
reiterate
fallow
remiss
21. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
negligible
Venial
clemency
meticulous
22. Achievement - fulfillment
Attainment
stolid
decrepit
clemency
23. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
unkempt
chivalrous
repose
tentative
24. Persuasive - compelling
musty (adj)
extirpate (v)
infallible
Cogent
25. Elegant
remiss
apathy
holocaust
urbane
26. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
gape
unfeigned
artifice
sojourn
27. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
ambidextrous
squalid
averse
stately (adj)
28. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
quintessence
ingenuous
animosity
Panacea
29. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant
discrepancy
Omniscient
fortitude
malevolent
30. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
quintessence
plod
virulent
embark
31. Commence - launch - begin - board
deride
obviate
embark
deft (adj)
32. Pained expression - facial contortion
suave
Esteem
Supercilious
grimace
33. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
adroit
temerity
solace (n/v)
inopportune (adj)
34. Devote - dedicate - sanctify
turbulent
apprehensive
reprisal
consecrate
35. Respect - admire - honor - revere
vociferous
Skulk
Esteem
punitive
36. Decline - relinquish - forgo
waive
Venial
gibe
adulterate
37. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
extirpate (v)
intimation
harass
dearth
38. Taskmaster - slave driver
buffet
extol
tentative
martinet
39. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger
punitive
corrosive
recalcitrant
harass
40. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise
verbatim
muse
extirpate (v)
averse
41. Penalizing - retaliatory
officious (adj)
impetus
punitive
bereft
42. Station - organize
scrutinize
commodious
remiss
deploy
43. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
benefactor
Esteem
clemency
warily
44. Antiquated - hackneyed
scrutinize
musty (adj)
pliable
turbulent
45. Visit - stop over - brief stay
negligible
vociferous
sojourn
Omniscient
46. Guide - tradition - model
precedent
supple (adj)
Bequeath
alienate
47. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
fallow
Attainment
vociferous
corrosive
48. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
cursory
insidious
averse
Esteem
49. Restate - rehash - recapitulate
reiterate
exhilarate
benefactor
officious (adj)
50. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
renegade
stolid
pungent
reiterate