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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Blustery - tempestuous - implacable
assent
sojourn
inclement
opulent
2. Swing - shake
duplicity
redress
animosity
brandish (v)
3. Enmity - rancor - antipathy
Affiliated
animosity
compatible
decrepit
4. Unerring - certain - free from error
pliable
infallible
coerce
demise
5. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
extant
recalcitrant
chivalrous
pliable
6. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous
suppress (v)
Panacea
urbane
ominous (adj)
7. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant
bereft
squalid
malevolent
scrutinize
8. Objectionable - blameworthy - culpable - odious
reprisal
reprehensible
precedent
inopportune (adj)
9. Visit - stop over - brief stay
sojourn
jeopardy
discern
stultify
10. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
Panacea
vociferous
artifice
buffet
11. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
warily
negligible
apathy
holocaust
12. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness
repose
somber
craven
clemency
13. Outmoded - antiquated - passe - old hat
verbatim
extirpate (v)
obsolete
reiterate
14. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
pinnacle (n)
adroit
demise
animosity
15. Effortless - assured - poised - specious
supple (adj)
guise
implicate
facile
16. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
revel
animosity
waive
abhor
17. Penalizing - retaliatory
stultify
sojourn
punitive
Nonchalant
18. Remove - cancel - expunge
Attainment
delete
apprehensive
Bequeath
19. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery
explicit (adj)
parsimonious
dearth
apprehensive
20. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
belligerent
apathy
punitive
Nonchalant
21. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
truculent
musty (adj)
tepid
pinnacle (n)
22. Provisional - inconclusive
duplicity
tentative
impetus
animosity
23. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise
extirpate (v)
insidious
temerity
sojourn
24. Delete - efface - annihilate
Expunge
infallible
destitute (adj)
musty (adj)
25. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
virulent
warily
adulterate
pinnacle (n)
26. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
Nonchalant
temerity
buffet
parsimonious
27. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
obsolete
squalid
diffident
recalcitrant
28. Decrease - passing away
Uncanny
negligible
demise
vociferous
29. Devote - dedicate - sanctify
stately (adj)
punitive
turbulent
consecrate
30. Commence - launch - begin - board
embark
fortitude
discern
Finite
31. Applaud - entrust
exhilarate
commend
ambidextrous
condolence
32. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery
recalcitrant
Cogent
augment
Panacea
33. Distinct - forthright - unambiguous - clear
extirpate (v)
explicit (adj)
insidious
squalid
34. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
gibe
stultify
Expunge
reprehensible
35. Costume - semblance - pretense
revel
ominous (adj)
exhilarate
guise
36. Elegant
urbane
voluminous
diffident
deride
37. Unproductive - inert - dormant
impervious
suave
fallow
delete
38. Bereaved
compatible
destitute (adj)
bereft
muse
39. Guide - tradition - model
holocaust
precedent
condolence
dearth
40. Discover - determine - establish
embark
gape
Ascertain
truculent
41. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
unfeigned
dearth
Scrupulous
implicate
42. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
remiss
alienate
inopportune (adj)
duplicity
43. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence
stolid
sojourn
suppress (v)
ingenuous
44. Station - organize
chivalrous
deploy
infallible
malevolent
45. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
virulent
parsimonious
martinet
abhor
46. Excusable - forgivable
Venial
ingenuous
corrosive
adulterate
47. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
gape
Cogent
facile
deft (adj)
48. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
discrepancy
Ascertain
adversary
benefactor
49. Achievement - fulfillment
unfeigned
truculent
dearth
Attainment
50. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
intimation
solace (n/v)
implicate
holocaust