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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. Impulse - incentive - spur
holocaust
precedent
impetus
Ascertain
2. Revert - degenerate - decline
retrogress
Affiliated
averse
suppress (v)
3. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
somber
averse
quandary
Uncanny
4. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
chaos
multifarious
renegade
holocaust
5. Workable - practicable - viable
jeopardy
feasible
supple (adj)
tentative
6. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
temerity
gape
explicit (adj)
deride
7. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
infallible
venal (adj)
Cogent
condolence
8. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
clemency
obsolete
deft (adj)
indomitable
9. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
apathy
Converge
coerce
consecrate
10. Bounded - measurable
ambidextrous
reiterate
Finite
officious (adj)
11. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
Finite
muse
repose
inopportune (adj)
12. Costume - semblance - pretense
animosity
guise
chivalrous
punitive
13. Detest - despise - abominate
abhor
quintessence
decrepit
inopportune (adj)
14. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
Attainment
Scrupulous
Venial
multifarious
15. Lumber - trudge
precedent
jeopardy
plod
truculent
16. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
dearth
implicate
deft (adj)
revel
17. Risk - hazard - peril
meticulous
stolid
omnivorous
jeopardy
18. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery
consecrate
destitute (adj)
cursory
recalcitrant
19. Attached - related - joined
Affiliated
pinnacle (n)
negligible
discrepancy
20. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
destitute (adj)
premeditated (adj)
brandish (v)
suave
21. Supple - adaptable - resilient
tentative
renegade
Esteem
pliable
22. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
tepid
turbulent
corrosive
brandish (v)
23. Effortless - assured - poised - specious
adversary
facile
urbane
reprisal
24. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
guise
extol
pungent
remiss
25. Impregnable - impervious - immune
Invulnerable
ominous (adj)
obsolete
Nonchalant
26. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant
precedent
unfeigned
inopportune (adj)
supple (adj)
27. Commence - launch - begin - board
accede (v)
extol
embark
Affiliated
28. Transmit - bestow - hand down
remiss
Bequeath
Uncanny
extant
29. Agree - concur - consent - accede
corrosive
dour
abhor
assent
30. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
adulterate
chivalrous
accede (v)
Bequeath
31. Paragon - exemplar
quintessence
Nonchalant
obviate
unfeigned
32. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain
Affiliated
brandish (v)
facile
coerce
33. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
infallible
gibe
perpetuate
apprehensive
34. Enmity - rancor - antipathy
animosity
augment
brandish (v)
discrepancy
35. Pained expression - facial contortion
parsimonious
grimace
suppress (v)
punitive
36. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
Bequeath
vociferous
decrepit
implicate
37. Benign - well meaning
musty (adj)
benevolent
multifarious
sojourn
38. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding
indomitable
sojourn
deft (adj)
obsolete
39. Contaminate - pollute - sully
Finite
extol
deploy
adulterate
40. Respect - admire - honor - revere
rampant (adj)
fortitude
Esteem
abhor
41. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
condolence
meticulous
reiterate
Cogent
42. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
embark
truculent
duplicity
musty (adj)
43. Mournful - dismal
rampant (adj)
quandary
delete
somber
44. Unproductive - inert - dormant
premeditated (adj)
fallow
extant
renegade
45. All-devouring - voracious
perpetuate
omnivorous
Skulk
ironic (adj)
46. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise
benefactor
extirpate (v)
retrogress
extant
47. Clue - indication - inkling
martinet
warily
intimation
dearth
48. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
chaos
squalid
unfeigned
delete
49. Break up - dispel
Disperse
consecrate
benefactor
turbulent
50. Visit - stop over - brief stay
sojourn
Attainment
malevolent
indomitable