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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. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
reprehensible
solace (n/v)
exhilarate
inopportune (adj)
2. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
inopportune (adj)
parsimonious
indomitable
verbatim
3. Station - organize
deploy
precedent
Finite
somber
4. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
infallible
discrepancy
pungent
revel
5. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant
compatible
demise
malevolent
supple (adj)
6. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
deft (adj)
apprehensive
commend
negligible
7. Eerie - inexplicable
Uncanny
turbulent
commodious
truculent
8. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
destitute (adj)
unfeigned
clemency
holocaust
9. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated
jeopardy
stultify
turbulent
plod
10. Discover - determine - establish
exhilarate
Ascertain
pinnacle (n)
quandary
11. Turncoat - defector - heretic
renegade
pinnacle (n)
adversary
deft (adj)
12. Contaminate - pollute - sully
adulterate
benefactor
commend
insidious
13. Universal cure - easy solution
Uncanny
vociferous
Panacea
somber
14. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
delete
Affiliated
stately (adj)
buffet
15. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise
revel
extirpate (v)
explicit (adj)
fallow
16. Comfortable - ample - capacious
clemency
commodious
Cogent
deft (adj)
17. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
diffident
discern
reprehensible
premeditated (adj)
18. Workable - practicable - viable
decrepit
obviate
suave
feasible
19. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
perpetuate
venal (adj)
reprisal
delete
20. Transmit - bestow - hand down
duplicity
Bequeath
obsolete
meticulous
21. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
supple (adj)
unfeigned
artifice
Attainment
22. Impregnable - impervious - immune
redress
brandish (v)
Invulnerable
tentative
23. All-devouring - voracious
benefactor
condolence
Esteem
omnivorous
24. Devote - dedicate - sanctify
amicable
consecrate
venal (adj)
plod
25. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
corrosive
inclement
deride
vociferous
26. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery
apprehensive
Finite
reprehensible
sojourn
27. Remove - cancel - expunge
quintessence
embark
delete
impervious
28. Mournful - dismal
supple (adj)
somber
temerity
redress
29. Lurk - slink - prowl
amicable
condolence
Disperse
Skulk
30. Decline - relinquish - forgo
waive
artifice
parsimonious
retrogress
31. Break up - dispel
obviate
fallow
Disperse
chivalrous
32. Perceive - detect - distinguish
discern
suppress (v)
impetus
squalid
33. Bereaved
virulent
coerce
bereft
multifarious
34. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
multifarious
benevolent
benefactor
retrogress
35. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
discern
perpetuate
adroit
repose
36. Bounded - measurable
Finite
guise
supple (adj)
Converge
37. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
parsimonious
reprehensible
meticulous
intimation
38. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
alienate
Scrupulous
cursory
diffident
39. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
assent
punitive
sojourn
reprisal
40. Unproductive - inert - dormant
urbane
pliable
fallow
reprisal
41. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
Ascertain
martinet
chivalrous
delete
42. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
supple (adj)
suppress (v)
facile
belligerent
43. Achievement - fulfillment
destitute (adj)
animosity
Attainment
recalcitrant
44. Agree - concur - consent - accede
revel
sojourn
assent
voluminous
45. Attached - related - joined
Affiliated
Invulnerable
turbulent
guise
46. Consent - concur - comply - assent
coerce
embark
accede (v)
averse
47. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
decrepit
ambidextrous
quintessence
musty (adj)
48. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
suppress (v)
virulent
plod
stolid
49. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
dour
voluminous
amicable
belligerent
50. Supple - adaptable - resilient
ingenuous
pliable
musty (adj)
Ascertain