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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Revert - degenerate - decline
corrosive
apprehensive
officious (adj)
retrogress
2. Universal cure - easy solution
venal (adj)
Finite
Panacea
adversary
3. Modify - improve - correct
grimace
duplicity
amend
remiss
4. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
insidious
adroit
facile
muse
5. Turncoat - defector - heretic
comprise (v)
apathy
renegade
condolence
6. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against
infallible
unkempt
Expunge
impervious
7. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
pungent
Expunge
tepid
chivalrous
8. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
quandary
revel
commodious
Esteem
9. Respect - admire - honor - revere
Esteem
infallible
punitive
Expunge
10. Commence - launch - begin - board
compatible
Venial
solace (n/v)
embark
11. Paragon - exemplar
truculent
artifice
commodious
quintessence
12. Glorify - applaud - acclaim - hail
extol
somber
Cogent
feasible
13. All-devouring - voracious
pungent
omnivorous
tepid
averse
14. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
dearth
Venial
voluminous
jeopardy
15. Transmit - bestow - hand down
Bequeath
repose
Expunge
warily
16. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
Skulk
artifice
officious (adj)
Ascertain
17. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
grimace
buffet
deft (adj)
abhor
18. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
Uncanny
solace (n/v)
martinet
belligerent
19. Decrease - passing away
decrepit
consecrate
Supercilious
demise
20. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
deride
venal (adj)
craven
feasible
21. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
truculent
discrepancy
Supercilious
infallible
22. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
parsimonious
ominous (adj)
unkempt
buffet
23. Compose - constitute - encompass
urbane
Expunge
abhor
comprise (v)
24. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
ingenuous
waive
altruistic
plod
25. Benign - well meaning
extirpate (v)
jeopardy
benevolent
feasible
26. Delete - efface - annihilate
Expunge
revel
demise
stolid
27. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
chivalrous
squalid
artifice
alienate
28. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
unfeigned
dearth
intimation
reprisal
29. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
remiss
grimace
vociferous
inopportune (adj)
30. Bereaved
tentative
explicit (adj)
bereft
Affiliated
31. Outmoded - antiquated - passe - old hat
obsolete
Cogent
deft (adj)
Finite
32. Sophisticated - urbane -polished
extirpate (v)
suave
reprehensible
obsolete
33. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant
extirpate (v)
malevolent
commodious
Converge
34. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
Disperse
artifice
remiss
diffident
35. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
Bequeath
cursory
revel
augment
36. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery
recalcitrant
retrogress
explicit (adj)
negligible
37. Unerring - certain - free from error
ambidextrous
infallible
brandish (v)
Esteem
38. Station - organize
parsimonious
buffet
deploy
omnivorous
39. Disincline - loath
rampant (adj)
bereft
intimation
averse
40. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
extant
artifice
dour
deft (adj)
41. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
extol
apprehensive
abhor
apathy
42. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase
Nonchalant
omnivorous
deride
guise
43. Objectionable - blameworthy - culpable - odious
reprehensible
Ascertain
extant
redress
44. Provisional - inconclusive
verbatim
tentative
extirpate (v)
remiss
45. Workable - practicable - viable
benevolent
stultify
embark
feasible
46. Varied - manifold - heterogenous
inclement
multifarious
turbulent
benevolent
47. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
premeditated (adj)
pungent
remiss
reprisal
48. Widespread - unrestrained - extravagant - prevalent
meticulous
rampant (adj)
brandish (v)
adroit
49. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate
supple (adj)
turbulent
stultify
brandish (v)
50. Versatile - facile
guise
ambidextrous
abhor
averse