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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded
compatible
bereft
stultify
quandary
2. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
chaos
quandary
destitute (adj)
clemency
3. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
dearth
opulent
tepid
deride
4. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise
buffet
Affiliated
extirpate (v)
condolence
5. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
vociferous
reprisal
averse
amend
6. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
augment
dour
malevolent
pinnacle (n)
7. Paragon - exemplar
Nonchalant
opulent
amend
quintessence
8. Restate - rehash - recapitulate
amend
renegade
cursory
reiterate
9. Gawk - ogle
gape
amend
ingenuous
jeopardy
10. Antiquated - hackneyed
vociferous
stultify
insidious
musty (adj)
11. Turncoat - defector - heretic
renegade
bereft
clemency
reiterate
12. Inspect - pore over
belligerent
reiterate
adroit
scrutinize
13. Rectify - correct - mitigate
impervious
reprehensible
stultify
redress
14. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
temerity
Supercilious
Cogent
Uncanny
15. Lumber - trudge
parsimonious
Disperse
plod
compatible
16. Applaud - entrust
inclement
commodious
Attainment
commend
17. Congenial - neighborly - cordial
amicable
Skulk
gibe
Panacea
18. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
guise
delete
reprisal
corrosive
19. Provisional - inconclusive
gape
jeopardy
comprise (v)
tentative
20. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
malevolent
augment
extant
duplicity
21. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
suave
punitive
meticulous
dearth
22. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence
somber
perpetuate
suppress (v)
reprisal
23. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
pungent
buffet
apprehensive
retrogress
24. Disincline - loath
averse
dearth
ominous (adj)
Supercilious
25. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
compatible
comprise (v)
revel
pungent
26. Contaminate - pollute - sully
extant
ironic (adj)
Ascertain
adulterate
27. Preclude - forestall - ward off
Converge
obviate
adversary
ominous (adj)
28. Unproductive - inert - dormant
martinet
feasible
omnivorous
fallow
29. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
demise
Skulk
parsimonious
ominous (adj)
30. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
suppress (v)
deft (adj)
extant
artifice
31. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
stultify
destitute (adj)
commend
supple (adj)
32. Revert - degenerate - decline
virulent
retrogress
obviate
infallible
33. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
apprehensive
renegade
unkempt
discern
34. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
chaos
diffident
vociferous
stultify
35. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate
decrepit
stultify
exhilarate
stolid
36. Effortless - assured - poised - specious
extant
decrepit
facile
supple (adj)
37. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
embark
venal (adj)
corrosive
musty (adj)
38. Incriminate - entangle
tepid
precedent
implicate
discern
39. Blustery - tempestuous - implacable
Converge
clemency
inclement
animosity
40. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
corrosive
gibe
apathy
reiterate
41. Penalizing - retaliatory
Venial
punitive
augment
benevolent
42. Risk - hazard - peril
deploy
warily
jeopardy
duplicity
43. Impregnable - impervious - immune
duplicity
alienate
Nonchalant
Invulnerable
44. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
Invulnerable
holocaust
solace (n/v)
scrutinize
45. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous
meticulous
parsimonious
ominous (adj)
repose
46. All-devouring - voracious
somber
alienate
corrosive
omnivorous
47. Delete - efface - annihilate
squalid
multifarious
Expunge
quandary
48. Respect - admire - honor - revere
Esteem
Scrupulous
ominous (adj)
supple (adj)
49. Discover - determine - establish
venal (adj)
obsolete
commend
Ascertain
50. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
artifice
consecrate
omnivorous
virulent