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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. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
Affiliated
warily
Panacea
fortitude
2. Taskmaster - slave driver
Scrupulous
augment
martinet
commodious
3. Costume - semblance - pretense
deploy
ambidextrous
inclement
guise
4. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged
premeditated (adj)
benefactor
commodious
extirpate (v)
5. Inspect - pore over
somber
meticulous
scrutinize
comprise (v)
6. Disincline - loath
opulent
Esteem
Affiliated
averse
7. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence
suppress (v)
redress
Cogent
duplicity
8. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
warily
decrepit
embark
plod
9. Outmoded - antiquated - passe - old hat
obsolete
explicit (adj)
Affiliated
extant
10. Respect - admire - honor - revere
unfeigned
venal (adj)
commodious
Esteem
11. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
venal (adj)
rampant (adj)
officious (adj)
pinnacle (n)
12. Elegant
artifice
urbane
Expunge
craven
13. Decrease - passing away
demise
chivalrous
deploy
pliable
14. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
premeditated (adj)
guise
deride
remiss
15. Lurk - slink - prowl
implicate
recalcitrant
Skulk
somber
16. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
meticulous
remiss
verbatim
stolid
17. Restate - rehash - recapitulate
multifarious
belligerent
reiterate
ominous (adj)
18. Impregnable - impervious - immune
duplicity
scrutinize
Invulnerable
guise
19. Incriminate - entangle
Invulnerable
adroit
implicate
renegade
20. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain
perpetuate
parsimonious
demise
coerce
21. Persuasive - compelling
Uncanny
turbulent
corrosive
Cogent
22. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
temerity
guise
compatible
parsimonious
23. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
urbane
harass
suave
squalid
24. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
assent
infallible
commend
ironic (adj)
25. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
coerce
fortitude
belligerent
reprisal
26. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
inclement
reprisal
quandary
Nonchalant
27. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
cursory
obviate
benefactor
brandish (v)
28. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery
reiterate
buffet
remiss
apprehensive
29. Excusable - forgivable
artifice
Venial
obviate
discrepancy
30. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
impetus
ominous (adj)
destitute (adj)
verbatim
31. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
ingenuous
animosity
solace (n/v)
chivalrous
32. Detest - despise - abominate
adversary
ambidextrous
abhor
demise
33. Applaud - entrust
unkempt
gape
insidious
commend
34. Discover - determine - establish
Ascertain
ironic (adj)
precedent
verbatim
35. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against
impervious
stolid
omnivorous
turbulent
36. Remove - cancel - expunge
indomitable
extol
delete
fallow
37. Mournful - dismal
ominous (adj)
reprehensible
somber
quintessence
38. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
scrutinize
Omniscient
Uncanny
virulent
39. Modify - improve - correct
discern
amend
deploy
gape
40. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
suave
martinet
pungent
Bequeath
41. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant
duplicity
supple (adj)
impervious
virulent
42. Guide - tradition - model
precedent
inclement
adulterate
chaos
43. Lumber - trudge
somber
demise
suppress (v)
plod
44. Penalizing - retaliatory
ironic (adj)
squalid
corrosive
punitive
45. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
repose
Expunge
delete
decrepit
46. Meet - unite - intersect - merge
muse
sojourn
Converge
adversary
47. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
voluminous
squalid
perpetuate
Omniscient
48. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
averse
apathy
gibe
craven
49. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery
fortitude
tentative
recalcitrant
impetus
50. All-devouring - voracious
Nonchalant
omnivorous
obsolete
Invulnerable