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Hard Synonyms 2
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english
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grammar
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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. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium
gape
Disperse
warily
chaos
2. Remove - cancel - expunge
stultify
officious (adj)
Omniscient
delete
3. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
reprehensible
gibe
remiss
destitute (adj)
4. Contaminate - pollute - sully
indomitable
buffet
belligerent
adulterate
5. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
altruistic
Scrupulous
compatible
pinnacle (n)
6. Respect - admire - honor - revere
stately (adj)
truculent
Esteem
repose
7. Guide - tradition - model
somber
guise
precedent
Ascertain
8. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
benefactor
Cogent
somber
alienate
9. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
duplicity
ironic (adj)
turbulent
plod
10. Impregnable - impervious - immune
adroit
turbulent
Invulnerable
muse
11. Discover - determine - establish
accede (v)
Esteem
explicit (adj)
Ascertain
12. Revert - degenerate - decline
virulent
craven
buffet
retrogress
13. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
pliable
discern
guise
artifice
14. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
deploy
augment
opulent
Skulk
15. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
renegade
reprisal
quandary
benefactor
16. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness
stolid
exhilarate
abhor
clemency
17. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate
buffet
adulterate
stultify
gape
18. Rectify - correct - mitigate
waive
amend
redress
amicable
19. Grand - magnificent - imposing
ironic (adj)
stately (adj)
dour
gibe
20. Preclude - forestall - ward off
obviate
benefactor
musty (adj)
recalcitrant
21. Glorify - applaud - acclaim - hail
extirpate (v)
fallow
extol
Converge
22. Persuasive - compelling
stately (adj)
Cogent
suave
adroit
23. Surviving - in existence
adversary
meticulous
Disperse
extant
24. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
suppress (v)
feasible
Supercilious
Nonchalant
25. Detest - despise - abominate
abhor
pliable
chaos
repose
26. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
decrepit
meticulous
warily
embark
27. Attached - related - joined
holocaust
opulent
Affiliated
indomitable
28. Impulse - incentive - spur
adversary
truculent
amicable
impetus
29. Consent - concur - comply - assent
Venial
accede (v)
pliable
impetus
30. Rich - lavish - plentiful - abundant
stultify
quintessence
opulent
clemency
31. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
chivalrous
extant
precedent
Uncanny
32. Commence - launch - begin - board
embark
jeopardy
Disperse
demise
33. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence
suppress (v)
supple (adj)
amend
malevolent
34. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase
vociferous
Nonchalant
assent
ingenuous
35. Wise - all-knowing
obsolete
temerity
apathy
Omniscient
36. Modify - improve - correct
intimation
amend
supple (adj)
scrutinize
37. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
perpetuate
alienate
cursory
solace (n/v)
38. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged
muse
consecrate
punitive
premeditated (adj)
39. Benign - well meaning
benevolent
embark
guise
brandish (v)
40. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
recalcitrant
dour
extant
Venial
41. Decrease - passing away
brandish (v)
scrutinize
demise
adroit
42. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
implicate
grimace
unkempt
negligible
43. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
Expunge
Supercilious
recalcitrant
discrepancy
44. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
destitute (adj)
martinet
averse
implicate
45. Agree - concur - consent - accede
augment
commend
assent
sojourn
46. Effortless - assured - poised - specious
solace (n/v)
Supercilious
amend
facile
47. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger
harass
renegade
Scrupulous
muse
48. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
fallow
dearth
pinnacle (n)
reprehensible
49. Blustery - tempestuous - implacable
sojourn
inclement
exhilarate
vociferous
50. Antiquated - hackneyed
Esteem
musty (adj)
explicit (adj)
meticulous