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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. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
apprehensive
Nonchalant
inopportune (adj)
infallible
2. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
officious (adj)
quintessence
impervious
diffident
3. Risk - hazard - peril
jeopardy
belligerent
amicable
cursory
4. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
unfeigned
pungent
buffet
stately (adj)
5. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
dour
holocaust
buffet
musty (adj)
6. Disincline - loath
augment
averse
duplicity
harass
7. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
cursory
extirpate (v)
Ascertain
deft (adj)
8. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
demise
chaos
pungent
pinnacle (n)
9. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
adulterate
voluminous
malevolent
compatible
10. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
insidious
Attainment
grimace
duplicity
11. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
averse
Finite
muse
grimace
12. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
facile
venal (adj)
sojourn
virulent
13. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
quandary
Uncanny
dour
explicit (adj)
14. Benign - well meaning
Skulk
benevolent
altruistic
exhilarate
15. Taskmaster - slave driver
warily
gape
martinet
Scrupulous
16. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
benefactor
revel
infallible
officious (adj)
17. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
meticulous
impetus
reprisal
truculent
18. Pained expression - facial contortion
dearth
grimace
animosity
rampant (adj)
19. Unselfish - selfless - concerned with the welfare of others
punitive
altruistic
Supercilious
averse
20. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
obviate
turbulent
dour
venal (adj)
21. Detest - despise - abominate
abhor
belligerent
vociferous
Cogent
22. Delete - efface - annihilate
inclement
stolid
Expunge
discrepancy
23. Impulse - incentive - spur
precedent
Uncanny
decrepit
impetus
24. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous
adulterate
cursory
precedent
ominous (adj)
25. Bounded - measurable
craven
discrepancy
Finite
fortitude
26. Preclude - forestall - ward off
embark
repose
harass
obviate
27. Commiseration - solace - sympathy
condolence
dearth
pliable
unkempt
28. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding
accede (v)
indomitable
opulent
stolid
29. Unproductive - inert - dormant
stultify
pliable
fallow
brandish (v)
30. Impassive - phlegmatic
stolid
gibe
duplicity
indomitable
31. Wise - all-knowing
Omniscient
corrosive
jeopardy
urbane
32. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
alienate
dour
suppress (v)
Omniscient
33. Agree - concur - consent - accede
parsimonious
assent
omnivorous
bereft
34. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
belligerent
coerce
delete
quandary
35. Swing - shake
brandish (v)
adulterate
exhilarate
scrutinize
36. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
squalid
repose
indomitable
discern
37. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
muse
harass
temerity
premeditated (adj)
38. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery
waive
recalcitrant
gibe
brandish (v)
39. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
verbatim
artifice
ambidextrous
commodious
40. Bereaved
deploy
bereft
adroit
tepid
41. Grand - magnificent - imposing
duplicity
stately (adj)
negligible
repose
42. Visit - stop over - brief stay
sojourn
discern
amend
embark
43. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
corrosive
adulterate
dearth
remiss
44. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
cursory
recalcitrant
unfeigned
buffet
45. Modify - improve - correct
craven
precedent
rampant (adj)
amend
46. Remove - cancel - expunge
Esteem
explicit (adj)
tepid
delete
47. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
discrepancy
recalcitrant
squalid
chivalrous
48. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
negligible
discrepancy
dearth
unfeigned
49. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
quandary
redress
truculent
averse
50. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
musty (adj)
solace (n/v)
pliable
scrutinize