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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. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous
chaos
redress
comprise (v)
ominous (adj)
2. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
holocaust
cursory
belligerent
averse
3. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
rampant (adj)
extirpate (v)
warily
grimace
4. Stimulate - excite gladden
exhilarate
intimation
turbulent
amicable
5. Rectify - correct - mitigate
negligible
consecrate
redress
stolid
6. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding
apathy
indomitable
virulent
malevolent
7. Effortless - assured - poised - specious
facile
truculent
benevolent
commend
8. Contaminate - pollute - sully
coerce
quintessence
adulterate
suave
9. Exact - precisely
verbatim
averse
supple (adj)
temerity
10. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
Supercilious
implicate
reiterate
rampant (adj)
11. Commence - launch - begin - board
buffet
gape
embark
apprehensive
12. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
duplicity
coerce
obviate
martinet
13. Unerring - certain - free from error
infallible
grimace
reiterate
discern
14. Gawk - ogle
apathy
gape
jeopardy
voluminous
15. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
altruistic
malevolent
delete
unkempt
16. Applaud - entrust
discern
commend
negligible
Attainment
17. Agree - concur - consent - accede
assent
Finite
impervious
retrogress
18. Swing - shake
brandish (v)
intimation
bereft
ingenuous
19. Workable - practicable - viable
demise
holocaust
feasible
Converge
20. Provisional - inconclusive
apprehensive
tentative
clemency
harass
21. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
alienate
gape
ironic (adj)
inclement
22. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated
turbulent
opulent
malevolent
fallow
23. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
augment
discern
extant
waive
24. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
insidious
gape
redress
waive
25. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
suppress (v)
holocaust
fallow
apprehensive
26. Disincline - loath
averse
destitute (adj)
jeopardy
rampant (adj)
27. Excusable - forgivable
embark
Venial
suave
compatible
28. Lumber - trudge
Invulnerable
stately (adj)
martinet
plod
29. Devote - dedicate - sanctify
verbatim
consecrate
Disperse
martinet
30. Surviving - in existence
extant
repose
meticulous
stately (adj)
31. Grand - magnificent - imposing
ominous (adj)
stately (adj)
suppress (v)
suave
32. Clue - indication - inkling
redress
intimation
coerce
suave
33. Costume - semblance - pretense
guise
stultify
extant
renegade
34. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
perpetuate
decrepit
Esteem
warily
35. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
cursory
demise
comprise (v)
diffident
36. Widespread - unrestrained - extravagant - prevalent
amicable
stately (adj)
rampant (adj)
precedent
37. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
truculent
Esteem
stolid
augment
38. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
gibe
intimation
vociferous
remiss
39. Taskmaster - slave driver
martinet
ironic (adj)
virulent
retrogress
40. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
embark
Ascertain
virulent
obsolete
41. Glorify - applaud - acclaim - hail
adroit
extol
exhilarate
malevolent
42. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
negligible
gibe
corrosive
infallible
43. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
destitute (adj)
supple (adj)
turbulent
quandary
44. Decline - relinquish - forgo
retrogress
waive
stultify
deft (adj)
45. Detest - despise - abominate
scrutinize
abhor
diffident
premeditated (adj)
46. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
gibe
apprehensive
commend
stultify
47. Inspect - pore over
fortitude
scrutinize
opulent
extirpate (v)
48. Visit - stop over - brief stay
sojourn
altruistic
intimation
assent
49. Discover - determine - establish
quandary
multifarious
Ascertain
implicate
50. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
officious (adj)
indomitable
revel
supple (adj)