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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. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
sojourn
rampant (adj)
dearth
abhor
2. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
truculent
extirpate (v)
parsimonious
coerce
3. Antiquated - hackneyed
omnivorous
belligerent
Nonchalant
musty (adj)
4. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
sojourn
tepid
perpetuate
somber
5. Taskmaster - slave driver
benevolent
bereft
martinet
Skulk
6. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
fallow
voluminous
Supercilious
animosity
7. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
commend
augment
negligible
gibe
8. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
gape
muse
quandary
compatible
9. Separate - drive apart - estrange
gape
Attainment
alienate
supple (adj)
10. Distinct - forthright - unambiguous - clear
explicit (adj)
somber
premeditated (adj)
Venial
11. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
fortitude
turbulent
inopportune (adj)
impervious
12. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
artifice
ingenuous
intimation
reprehensible
13. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
explicit (adj)
pungent
muse
Bequeath
14. Bereaved
averse
Finite
bereft
solace (n/v)
15. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
reprehensible
buffet
craven
chaos
16. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
scrutinize
unfeigned
feasible
meticulous
17. Workable - practicable - viable
renegade
duplicity
plod
feasible
18. Supple - adaptable - resilient
pliable
Supercilious
pungent
multifarious
19. Excusable - forgivable
Venial
officious (adj)
obsolete
intimation
20. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
musty (adj)
discrepancy
consecrate
condolence
21. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery
reiterate
apprehensive
Converge
impervious
22. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
insidious
accede (v)
fortitude
vociferous
23. Impulse - incentive - spur
supple (adj)
impetus
squalid
quintessence
24. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
tentative
dour
demise
gape
25. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
voluminous
fortitude
repose
truculent
26. Disincline - loath
averse
coerce
feasible
musty (adj)
27. Modify - improve - correct
negligible
altruistic
amend
omnivorous
28. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
quandary
fortitude
destitute (adj)
ambidextrous
29. Break up - dispel
decrepit
Disperse
Skulk
parsimonious
30. Comfortable - ample - capacious
commodious
revel
feasible
comprise (v)
31. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
augment
accede (v)
ironic (adj)
fallow
32. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium
quintessence
adversary
muse
chaos
33. Stimulate - excite gladden
voluminous
exhilarate
recalcitrant
clemency
34. Unerring - certain - free from error
malevolent
infallible
squalid
benefactor
35. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
ominous (adj)
exhilarate
extirpate (v)
cursory
36. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
impetus
holocaust
somber
insidious
37. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
voluminous
squalid
impetus
duplicity
38. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
consecrate
suave
augment
Scrupulous
39. Costume - semblance - pretense
guise
suave
commend
averse
40. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
decrepit
supple (adj)
explicit (adj)
amicable
41. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
supple (adj)
impetus
duplicity
repose
42. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
dearth
solace (n/v)
Venial
gibe
43. Commence - launch - begin - board
quintessence
augment
Cogent
embark
44. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
reprehensible
unkempt
Invulnerable
commodious
45. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain
augment
coerce
supple (adj)
chaos
46. Swing - shake
gape
rampant (adj)
brandish (v)
inopportune (adj)
47. Perceive - detect - distinguish
assent
voluminous
discern
brandish (v)
48. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded
compatible
tentative
Bequeath
dearth
49. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
extol
deft (adj)
tepid
Expunge
50. All-devouring - voracious
quintessence
omnivorous
muse
assent