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Hard Synonyms 2
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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. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
dour
martinet
cursory
parsimonious
2. Congenial - neighborly - cordial
jeopardy
amicable
Expunge
chaos
3. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase
Affiliated
insidious
ambidextrous
Nonchalant
4. Devote - dedicate - sanctify
consecrate
Affiliated
chaos
inclement
5. Preclude - forestall - ward off
adulterate
obviate
Converge
turbulent
6. Antagonist - rival - foe
fortitude
deft (adj)
officious (adj)
adversary
7. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
belligerent
buffet
extol
omnivorous
8. Eerie - inexplicable
remiss
Uncanny
deploy
impetus
9. Universal cure - easy solution
ironic (adj)
demise
Panacea
reprisal
10. Respect - admire - honor - revere
impervious
condolence
Esteem
feasible
11. Bounded - measurable
Finite
abhor
malevolent
repose
12. Clue - indication - inkling
intimation
Converge
jeopardy
compatible
13. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
Expunge
embark
vociferous
virulent
14. Taskmaster - slave driver
amend
martinet
ironic (adj)
remiss
15. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
averse
harass
Cogent
gibe
16. Benign - well meaning
assent
benevolent
repose
amicable
17. Commence - launch - begin - board
gibe
tepid
embark
comprise (v)
18. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
verbatim
inopportune (adj)
negligible
reprisal
19. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
verbatim
belligerent
amend
diffident
20. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
abhor
fortitude
compatible
parsimonious
21. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
repose
Supercilious
deride
venal (adj)
22. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
turbulent
revel
dour
renegade
23. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
Bequeath
sojourn
meticulous
perpetuate
24. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain
reiterate
artifice
coerce
parsimonious
25. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
harass
commodious
artifice
venal (adj)
26. Widespread - unrestrained - extravagant - prevalent
amicable
stolid
rampant (adj)
waive
27. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
assent
dour
explicit (adj)
muse
28. Pained expression - facial contortion
benevolent
destitute (adj)
opulent
grimace
29. Elegant
discrepancy
parsimonious
coerce
urbane
30. Revert - degenerate - decline
plod
retrogress
muse
ominous (adj)
31. Modify - improve - correct
alienate
guise
amend
Expunge
32. Grand - magnificent - imposing
stately (adj)
diffident
assent
Omniscient
33. Bereaved
destitute (adj)
delete
bereft
pungent
34. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
bereft
Scrupulous
negligible
warily
35. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence
Skulk
suppress (v)
benefactor
infallible
36. Break up - dispel
perpetuate
parsimonious
Disperse
discern
37. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
tepid
reprisal
meticulous
grimace
38. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
ambidextrous
fortitude
quintessence
parsimonious
39. Rich - lavish - plentiful - abundant
fallow
opulent
gibe
facile
40. Wise - all-knowing
Omniscient
intimation
Ascertain
Attainment
41. Contaminate - pollute - sully
Skulk
guise
adulterate
commend
42. Stimulate - excite gladden
duplicity
infallible
commodious
exhilarate
43. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
officious (adj)
Attainment
extol
destitute (adj)
44. Impassive - phlegmatic
corrosive
voluminous
perpetuate
stolid
45. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
retrogress
supple (adj)
holocaust
negligible
46. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
destitute (adj)
retrogress
embark
impervious
47. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
revel
apathy
vociferous
benefactor
48. Unproductive - inert - dormant
decrepit
dour
fallow
abhor
49. Remove - cancel - expunge
apathy
deploy
implicate
delete
50. Perceive - detect - distinguish
revel
extirpate (v)
discern
Scrupulous