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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. Provisional - inconclusive
tentative
apprehensive
jeopardy
Converge
2. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium
Attainment
truculent
chaos
adversary
3. All-devouring - voracious
omnivorous
Skulk
gibe
clemency
4. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
indomitable
Scrupulous
reprehensible
decrepit
5. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
corrosive
condolence
venal (adj)
holocaust
6. Applaud - entrust
Attainment
premeditated (adj)
buffet
commend
7. Attached - related - joined
Affiliated
tepid
commend
fortitude
8. Benign - well meaning
retrogress
Esteem
discrepancy
benevolent
9. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
Cogent
jeopardy
commend
ingenuous
10. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
infallible
officious (adj)
impervious
adulterate
11. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
coerce
solace (n/v)
buffet
cursory
12. Impregnable - impervious - immune
deft (adj)
Invulnerable
altruistic
condolence
13. Guide - tradition - model
urbane
redress
explicit (adj)
precedent
14. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant
commodious
multifarious
supple (adj)
scrutinize
15. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
deft (adj)
fallow
supple (adj)
squalid
16. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
urbane
amend
holocaust
tentative
17. Modify - improve - correct
impervious
chivalrous
repose
amend
18. Contaminate - pollute - sully
jeopardy
buffet
Invulnerable
adulterate
19. Congenial - neighborly - cordial
musty (adj)
Converge
Nonchalant
amicable
20. Decline - relinquish - forgo
Affiliated
waive
truculent
supple (adj)
21. Bounded - measurable
Finite
destitute (adj)
impetus
ironic (adj)
22. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
stolid
explicit (adj)
sojourn
adroit
23. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
musty (adj)
unfeigned
verbatim
assent
24. Sophisticated - urbane -polished
pinnacle (n)
suave
precedent
altruistic
25. Paragon - exemplar
deride
guise
quintessence
martinet
26. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
brandish (v)
Affiliated
temerity
exhilarate
27. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
comprise (v)
meticulous
jeopardy
amicable
28. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
unkempt
grimace
suave
craven
29. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
compatible
waive
warily
renegade
30. Visit - stop over - brief stay
perpetuate
rampant (adj)
squalid
sojourn
31. Penalizing - retaliatory
demise
ironic (adj)
deft (adj)
punitive
32. Devote - dedicate - sanctify
adulterate
consecrate
reprisal
musty (adj)
33. Remove - cancel - expunge
extant
delete
quintessence
omnivorous
34. Widespread - unrestrained - extravagant - prevalent
unfeigned
impetus
corrosive
rampant (adj)
35. Disincline - loath
supple (adj)
averse
insidious
pinnacle (n)
36. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
vociferous
fallow
multifarious
abhor
37. Supple - adaptable - resilient
pliable
stultify
reprisal
extirpate (v)
38. Inspect - pore over
recalcitrant
scrutinize
inclement
Panacea
39. Consent - concur - comply - assent
accede (v)
Panacea
officious (adj)
reiterate
40. Surviving - in existence
extant
deride
officious (adj)
facile
41. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
venal (adj)
pinnacle (n)
facile
condolence
42. Station - organize
assent
deploy
compatible
supple (adj)
43. Unerring - certain - free from error
deft (adj)
infallible
musty (adj)
rampant (adj)
44. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
multifarious
infallible
diffident
apathy
45. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate
abhor
explicit (adj)
stultify
chaos
46. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
truculent
suppress (v)
waive
gibe
47. Transmit - bestow - hand down
Bequeath
tepid
Disperse
adversary
48. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
parsimonious
chivalrous
bereft
embark
49. Commence - launch - begin - board
venal (adj)
temerity
extant
embark
50. Taskmaster - slave driver
pliable
Uncanny
reiterate
martinet