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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. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
Supercilious
quandary
negligible
opulent
2. Enmity - rancor - antipathy
stultify
adversary
animosity
holocaust
3. Commence - launch - begin - board
embark
deft (adj)
urbane
stultify
4. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
Scrupulous
pungent
extirpate (v)
diffident
5. Unselfish - selfless - concerned with the welfare of others
commend
deft (adj)
sojourn
altruistic
6. Decrease - passing away
extirpate (v)
demise
Omniscient
consecrate
7. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
waive
Uncanny
ominous (adj)
repose
8. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
plod
buffet
destitute (adj)
accede (v)
9. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated
brandish (v)
temerity
virulent
turbulent
10. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness
clemency
suppress (v)
fallow
stolid
11. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
warily
Scrupulous
chivalrous
supple (adj)
12. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
revel
guise
feasible
adversary
13. Costume - semblance - pretense
facile
guise
Esteem
musty (adj)
14. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
omnivorous
musty (adj)
solace (n/v)
pinnacle (n)
15. Guide - tradition - model
precedent
squalid
Scrupulous
Bequeath
16. Attached - related - joined
musty (adj)
ambidextrous
Affiliated
duplicity
17. Break up - dispel
implicate
Disperse
intimation
Scrupulous
18. Respect - admire - honor - revere
ominous (adj)
Uncanny
officious (adj)
Esteem
19. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
discern
dour
punitive
buffet
20. Achievement - fulfillment
augment
repose
sojourn
Attainment
21. Commiseration - solace - sympathy
condolence
corrosive
alienate
holocaust
22. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
officious (adj)
dearth
obviate
adulterate
23. Swing - shake
brandish (v)
embark
parsimonious
tentative
24. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against
temerity
accede (v)
corrosive
impervious
25. Contaminate - pollute - sully
pliable
reprehensible
adulterate
tepid
26. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant
supple (adj)
explicit (adj)
Disperse
decrepit
27. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
meticulous
feasible
suave
temerity
28. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
squalid
explicit (adj)
temerity
muse
29. Congenial - neighborly - cordial
Ascertain
amicable
deploy
temerity
30. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
solace (n/v)
apprehensive
unkempt
benevolent
31. Delete - efface - annihilate
Expunge
corrosive
tentative
apathy
32. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
belligerent
opulent
temerity
benefactor
33. Surviving - in existence
retrogress
stolid
waive
extant
34. Penalizing - retaliatory
meticulous
renegade
Cogent
punitive
35. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
decrepit
reprisal
malevolent
perpetuate
36. Unproductive - inert - dormant
inclement
fallow
decrepit
dearth
37. Impregnable - impervious - immune
temerity
supple (adj)
comprise (v)
Invulnerable
38. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
inclement
ironic (adj)
buffet
recalcitrant
39. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
chivalrous
ironic (adj)
Skulk
Cogent
40. Mournful - dismal
Venial
Skulk
musty (adj)
somber
41. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
amicable
voluminous
suppress (v)
Esteem
42. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
deft (adj)
apathy
quandary
waive
43. Agree - concur - consent - accede
condolence
assent
officious (adj)
benefactor
44. Effortless - assured - poised - specious
retrogress
accede (v)
Cogent
facile
45. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
ingenuous
commodious
truculent
condolence
46. Grand - magnificent - imposing
stately (adj)
facile
Attainment
turbulent
47. Blustery - tempestuous - implacable
inclement
remiss
fallow
demise
48. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
redress
decrepit
tepid
exhilarate
49. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
Invulnerable
Bequeath
remiss
bereft
50. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain
grimace
waive
coerce
impetus