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Hard Synonyms 2
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english
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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. Antagonist - rival - foe
harass
temerity
adversary
corrosive
2. Station - organize
Scrupulous
precedent
deploy
ominous (adj)
3. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against
buffet
Attainment
altruistic
impervious
4. Rectify - correct - mitigate
omnivorous
venal (adj)
Expunge
redress
5. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise
Omniscient
feasible
suppress (v)
extirpate (v)
6. Modify - improve - correct
dearth
venal (adj)
corrosive
amend
7. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
augment
reiterate
craven
chivalrous
8. All-devouring - voracious
omnivorous
suppress (v)
Panacea
brandish (v)
9. Applaud - entrust
commend
holocaust
urbane
Omniscient
10. Lurk - slink - prowl
stately (adj)
truculent
deft (adj)
Skulk
11. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
apathy
waive
Skulk
Disperse
12. Contaminate - pollute - sully
inopportune (adj)
tentative
solace (n/v)
adulterate
13. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium
pungent
exhilarate
condolence
chaos
14. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
temerity
Affiliated
omnivorous
deft (adj)
15. Bereaved
stolid
extant
Nonchalant
bereft
16. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
discern
venal (adj)
repose
diffident
17. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
Attainment
buffet
tepid
perpetuate
18. Impulse - incentive - spur
obviate
Nonchalant
impetus
unfeigned
19. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
truculent
rampant (adj)
commend
impervious
20. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
harass
temerity
unkempt
animosity
21. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
augment
embark
deride
intimation
22. Perceive - detect - distinguish
fallow
negligible
discern
apprehensive
23. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
unkempt
Supercilious
gape
musty (adj)
24. Sophisticated - urbane -polished
deploy
gape
turbulent
suave
25. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase
Nonchalant
omnivorous
adulterate
compatible
26. Exact - precisely
feasible
obviate
virulent
verbatim
27. Revert - degenerate - decline
explicit (adj)
retrogress
ironic (adj)
adversary
28. Guide - tradition - model
artifice
venal (adj)
deploy
precedent
29. Provisional - inconclusive
commodious
supple (adj)
rampant (adj)
tentative
30. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
belligerent
deft (adj)
adversary
officious (adj)
31. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
decrepit
plod
artifice
adversary
32. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
Esteem
vociferous
extol
augment
33. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
benevolent
dour
revel
omnivorous
34. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
pinnacle (n)
guise
martinet
Bequeath
35. Persuasive - compelling
ingenuous
clemency
Cogent
fallow
36. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
duplicity
ominous (adj)
augment
chivalrous
37. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
benefactor
destitute (adj)
unkempt
malevolent
38. Separate - drive apart - estrange
alienate
precedent
destitute (adj)
consecrate
39. Unerring - certain - free from error
stultify
bereft
infallible
condolence
40. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
compatible
quintessence
impervious
tepid
41. Impassive - phlegmatic
stolid
musty (adj)
pinnacle (n)
corrosive
42. Remove - cancel - expunge
artifice
discern
multifarious
delete
43. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain
impetus
dearth
coerce
squalid
44. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
gibe
sojourn
supple (adj)
deft (adj)
45. Turncoat - defector - heretic
compatible
renegade
opulent
alienate
46. Incriminate - entangle
pungent
consecrate
implicate
fallow
47. Versatile - facile
deploy
ambidextrous
inopportune (adj)
reprisal
48. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
infallible
artifice
fortitude
waive
49. Enmity - rancor - antipathy
muse
adroit
animosity
reprehensible
50. Preclude - forestall - ward off
tepid
musty (adj)
somber
obviate