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Hard Synonyms 2
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Impulse - incentive - spur
impetus
belligerent
redress
rampant (adj)
2. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
squalid
clemency
buffet
Omniscient
3. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated
recalcitrant
obsolete
turbulent
sojourn
4. Contaminate - pollute - sully
urbane
officious (adj)
adulterate
amend
5. Blustery - tempestuous - implacable
temerity
inclement
unkempt
benefactor
6. Grand - magnificent - imposing
stately (adj)
cursory
Affiliated
benefactor
7. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase
brandish (v)
Nonchalant
muse
apathy
8. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
diffident
voluminous
quandary
insidious
9. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
truculent
adversary
guise
multifarious
10. Versatile - facile
ambidextrous
explicit (adj)
unkempt
voluminous
11. Lurk - slink - prowl
dour
discern
repose
Skulk
12. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
decrepit
dearth
ironic (adj)
clemency
13. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
tepid
Expunge
chaos
verbatim
14. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
premeditated (adj)
corrosive
chivalrous
Nonchalant
15. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
Panacea
discrepancy
abhor
Omniscient
16. Attached - related - joined
scrutinize
Disperse
Affiliated
impetus
17. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
redress
feasible
alienate
ingenuous
18. Paragon - exemplar
quintessence
remiss
renegade
belligerent
19. Compose - constitute - encompass
exhilarate
turbulent
warily
comprise (v)
20. Unerring - certain - free from error
infallible
demise
Disperse
Attainment
21. Achievement - fulfillment
malevolent
quandary
amicable
Attainment
22. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
unkempt
negligible
inopportune (adj)
Venial
23. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
destitute (adj)
cursory
jeopardy
remiss
24. Unproductive - inert - dormant
stately (adj)
truculent
opulent
fallow
25. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise
extirpate (v)
impetus
pungent
ironic (adj)
26. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
discern
temerity
deride
holocaust
27. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
animosity
plod
destitute (adj)
dour
28. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate
Nonchalant
abhor
Venial
stultify
29. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant
retrogress
Affiliated
Ascertain
supple (adj)
30. Respect - admire - honor - revere
rampant (adj)
Esteem
supple (adj)
extol
31. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery
recalcitrant
Venial
redress
quintessence
32. Pained expression - facial contortion
Omniscient
waive
repose
grimace
33. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
quandary
tepid
decrepit
Scrupulous
34. Modify - improve - correct
chaos
benefactor
amend
delete
35. Rectify - correct - mitigate
apprehensive
holocaust
redress
verbatim
36. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
dearth
alienate
deft (adj)
extol
37. Delete - efface - annihilate
musty (adj)
bereft
virulent
Expunge
38. All-devouring - voracious
malevolent
pungent
omnivorous
dearth
39. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
duplicity
adroit
negligible
deploy
40. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
chivalrous
Venial
extol
venal (adj)
41. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
temerity
explicit (adj)
Expunge
augment
42. Swing - shake
brandish (v)
indomitable
inopportune (adj)
facile
43. Impassive - phlegmatic
stately (adj)
stolid
averse
omnivorous
44. Stimulate - excite gladden
Venial
apprehensive
exhilarate
rampant (adj)
45. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
inopportune (adj)
reiterate
impervious
repose
46. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
renegade
venal (adj)
inclement
vociferous
47. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
dour
tepid
infallible
gibe
48. Disincline - loath
grimace
averse
impetus
virulent
49. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
parsimonious
commodious
unfeigned
Disperse
50. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
guise
diffident
assent
squalid