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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated
ingenuous
turbulent
cursory
ambidextrous
2. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
warily
belligerent
extol
deride
3. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
demise
intimation
insidious
officious (adj)
4. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
muse
facile
decrepit
perpetuate
5. Meet - unite - intersect - merge
Converge
inclement
voluminous
amend
6. Impulse - incentive - spur
commodious
perpetuate
impetus
truculent
7. Unerring - certain - free from error
unfeigned
infallible
demise
cursory
8. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
clemency
animosity
scrutinize
decrepit
9. Antiquated - hackneyed
quintessence
musty (adj)
rampant (adj)
recalcitrant
10. Swing - shake
brandish (v)
premeditated (adj)
apathy
waive
11. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
augment
pinnacle (n)
rampant (adj)
Invulnerable
12. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
repose
guise
indomitable
dour
13. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
guise
duplicity
pinnacle (n)
remiss
14. Attached - related - joined
explicit (adj)
truculent
Affiliated
deride
15. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
turbulent
repose
obsolete
extol
16. Elegant
craven
explicit (adj)
solace (n/v)
urbane
17. Preclude - forestall - ward off
reiterate
omnivorous
obviate
benevolent
18. Station - organize
Cogent
deploy
gibe
duplicity
19. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
implicate
Attainment
insidious
meticulous
20. Commence - launch - begin - board
embark
deride
comprise (v)
quandary
21. Benign - well meaning
stolid
revel
rampant (adj)
benevolent
22. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding
Finite
condolence
indomitable
deploy
23. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
officious (adj)
temerity
Supercilious
exhilarate
24. Restate - rehash - recapitulate
fallow
ironic (adj)
inopportune (adj)
reiterate
25. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate
assent
implicate
insidious
stultify
26. Discover - determine - establish
explicit (adj)
adulterate
gape
Ascertain
27. Universal cure - easy solution
belligerent
omnivorous
cursory
Panacea
28. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
abhor
Finite
unfeigned
stultify
29. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
musty (adj)
belligerent
urbane
apathy
30. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
exhilarate
chivalrous
voluminous
decrepit
31. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
perpetuate
duplicity
reprisal
altruistic
32. Risk - hazard - peril
delete
tentative
dour
jeopardy
33. Sophisticated - urbane -polished
quintessence
suave
gape
turbulent
34. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
destitute (adj)
musty (adj)
Nonchalant
gibe
35. Applaud - entrust
clemency
remiss
animosity
commend
36. Comfortable - ample - capacious
commodious
belligerent
punitive
adulterate
37. Detest - despise - abominate
abhor
apathy
Esteem
diffident
38. Disincline - loath
pinnacle (n)
intimation
averse
abhor
39. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
ingenuous
fallow
malevolent
pinnacle (n)
40. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
musty (adj)
artifice
adversary
verbatim
41. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
cursory
pinnacle (n)
punitive
deride
42. Costume - semblance - pretense
guise
precedent
Attainment
sojourn
43. Provisional - inconclusive
tentative
quintessence
fortitude
impervious
44. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
parsimonious
redress
dearth
commend
45. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
augment
Scrupulous
gibe
diffident
46. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
benevolent
adroit
assent
unfeigned
47. Supple - adaptable - resilient
extirpate (v)
pliable
dour
ingenuous
48. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
meticulous
insidious
venal (adj)
ironic (adj)
49. Clue - indication - inkling
warily
intimation
consecrate
Affiliated
50. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
adulterate
alienate
retrogress
solace (n/v)