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Hard Synonyms 2
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english
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1. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
deft (adj)
exhilarate
impervious
tepid
2. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
unkempt
Cogent
deploy
artifice
3. Delete - efface - annihilate
retrogress
Nonchalant
Expunge
inclement
4. Visit - stop over - brief stay
Affiliated
sojourn
augment
Esteem
5. Commence - launch - begin - board
Expunge
embark
deploy
belligerent
6. Detest - despise - abominate
abhor
reiterate
condolence
sojourn
7. Pained expression - facial contortion
grimace
obsolete
Omniscient
martinet
8. Remove - cancel - expunge
extirpate (v)
delete
vociferous
malevolent
9. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
warily
repose
somber
Cogent
10. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
benefactor
gibe
ambidextrous
punitive
11. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
suppress (v)
implicate
benefactor
ominous (adj)
12. Bereaved
chaos
commend
bereft
voluminous
13. Wise - all-knowing
Omniscient
bereft
virulent
discrepancy
14. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
ironic (adj)
fortitude
Ascertain
deride
15. Revert - degenerate - decline
retrogress
brandish (v)
Panacea
reiterate
16. Elegant
impetus
urbane
unfeigned
indomitable
17. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
amicable
solace (n/v)
repose
stately (adj)
18. Impulse - incentive - spur
feasible
stately (adj)
impetus
explicit (adj)
19. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
inclement
parsimonious
explicit (adj)
infallible
20. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
exhilarate
vociferous
remiss
somber
21. Bounded - measurable
fortitude
Finite
buffet
Disperse
22. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
craven
somber
extol
commend
23. Preclude - forestall - ward off
Scrupulous
obviate
stately (adj)
Converge
24. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
warily
corrosive
squalid
vociferous
25. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
gibe
premeditated (adj)
muse
unfeigned
26. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
dearth
unkempt
implicate
decrepit
27. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
extirpate (v)
officious (adj)
fallow
benevolent
28. Clue - indication - inkling
clemency
intimation
Venial
artifice
29. Transmit - bestow - hand down
pungent
Bequeath
perpetuate
benevolent
30. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
adulterate
sojourn
unkempt
omnivorous
31. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
extant
martinet
tepid
inopportune (adj)
32. Varied - manifold - heterogenous
duplicity
stately (adj)
extant
multifarious
33. Decline - relinquish - forgo
waive
amicable
accede (v)
reprehensible
34. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
warily
grimace
impetus
temerity
35. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
Nonchalant
corrosive
dearth
tentative
36. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
malevolent
Panacea
negligible
chivalrous
37. Gawk - ogle
precedent
turbulent
demise
gape
38. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
clemency
Expunge
insidious
inopportune (adj)
39. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
coerce
impetus
extirpate (v)
discrepancy
40. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase
unkempt
sojourn
Invulnerable
Nonchalant
41. Workable - practicable - viable
consecrate
repose
ingenuous
feasible
42. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
diffident
parsimonious
Converge
pinnacle (n)
43. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
redress
voluminous
dearth
somber
44. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
augment
pungent
Supercilious
multifarious
45. Stimulate - excite gladden
exhilarate
scrutinize
precedent
malevolent
46. Eerie - inexplicable
unfeigned
Uncanny
Venial
gibe
47. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence
suppress (v)
precedent
Converge
truculent
48. All-devouring - voracious
omnivorous
Bequeath
precedent
belligerent
49. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
reiterate
facile
virulent
Omniscient
50. Consent - concur - comply - assent
pinnacle (n)
accede (v)
artifice
Invulnerable