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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. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
augment
holocaust
officious (adj)
somber
2. Unerring - certain - free from error
amicable
redress
infallible
retrogress
3. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
Disperse
negligible
belligerent
dearth
4. Elegant
alienate
unfeigned
Nonchalant
urbane
5. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery
altruistic
apprehensive
clemency
Omniscient
6. Comfortable - ample - capacious
extant
commodious
insidious
delete
7. Provisional - inconclusive
tentative
explicit (adj)
comprise (v)
guise
8. Blustery - tempestuous - implacable
demise
reiterate
inclement
Invulnerable
9. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
Finite
stately (adj)
Supercilious
waive
10. Separate - drive apart - estrange
chivalrous
adulterate
alienate
temerity
11. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness
corrosive
clemency
coerce
verbatim
12. Persuasive - compelling
Venial
Cogent
demise
insidious
13. Station - organize
somber
deploy
plod
exhilarate
14. Unproductive - inert - dormant
facile
Cogent
fallow
gape
15. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
intimation
reprehensible
parsimonious
urbane
16. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
amicable
Converge
augment
cursory
17. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
gibe
remiss
condolence
duplicity
18. Preclude - forestall - ward off
obviate
extirpate (v)
ominous (adj)
Ascertain
19. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
tepid
urbane
intimation
quintessence
20. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
Omniscient
malevolent
urbane
deride
21. Compose - constitute - encompass
comprise (v)
corrosive
impervious
virulent
22. Effortless - assured - poised - specious
officious (adj)
ingenuous
rampant (adj)
facile
23. Costume - semblance - pretense
Esteem
clemency
guise
amicable
24. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
pliable
pinnacle (n)
perpetuate
suave
25. Consent - concur - comply - assent
venal (adj)
quintessence
accede (v)
tepid
26. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
inclement
Venial
intimation
ingenuous
27. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium
temerity
chaos
indomitable
extol
28. Applaud - entrust
cursory
benefactor
commend
embark
29. Grand - magnificent - imposing
squalid
Disperse
meticulous
stately (adj)
30. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase
inopportune (adj)
Nonchalant
recalcitrant
Uncanny
31. Turncoat - defector - heretic
solace (n/v)
decrepit
supple (adj)
renegade
32. Agree - concur - consent - accede
pliable
turbulent
quintessence
assent
33. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
artifice
voluminous
decrepit
Skulk
34. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise
multifarious
temerity
extirpate (v)
delete
35. Bounded - measurable
facile
martinet
Finite
implicate
36. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
Expunge
venal (adj)
diffident
scrutinize
37. Decline - relinquish - forgo
Disperse
Supercilious
suave
waive
38. Visit - stop over - brief stay
deploy
Esteem
duplicity
sojourn
39. All-devouring - voracious
punitive
averse
omnivorous
reiterate
40. Glorify - applaud - acclaim - hail
remiss
exhilarate
extol
pinnacle (n)
41. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
gape
truculent
Bequeath
perpetuate
42. Achievement - fulfillment
facile
renegade
Attainment
rampant (adj)
43. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
chivalrous
commend
quandary
reprehensible
44. Mournful - dismal
somber
Uncanny
explicit (adj)
Esteem
45. Attached - related - joined
Panacea
Esteem
Attainment
Affiliated
46. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
averse
plod
chivalrous
destitute (adj)
47. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
buffet
delete
Attainment
adroit
48. Exact - precisely
explicit (adj)
recalcitrant
verbatim
corrosive
49. Lumber - trudge
extol
remiss
officious (adj)
plod
50. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
stultify
consecrate
pungent
vociferous