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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. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
recalcitrant
corrosive
Venial
Cogent
2. Antagonist - rival - foe
chaos
venal (adj)
waive
adversary
3. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
demise
plod
commend
revel
4. Grand - magnificent - imposing
stately (adj)
fortitude
demise
Skulk
5. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
stately (adj)
diffident
explicit (adj)
duplicity
6. Exact - precisely
solace (n/v)
punitive
discern
verbatim
7. Remove - cancel - expunge
extirpate (v)
delete
Omniscient
apathy
8. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
Supercilious
quandary
infallible
jeopardy
9. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery
extol
abhor
urbane
recalcitrant
10. Benign - well meaning
deploy
pliable
benevolent
repose
11. Lumber - trudge
waive
suppress (v)
plod
commodious
12. Agree - concur - consent - accede
assent
verbatim
truculent
inclement
13. Eerie - inexplicable
abhor
Uncanny
Expunge
augment
14. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
somber
tepid
buffet
inclement
15. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
duplicity
Cogent
reprisal
obsolete
16. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
discrepancy
grimace
revel
somber
17. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
opulent
muse
rampant (adj)
stultify
18. Unproductive - inert - dormant
fallow
ironic (adj)
impervious
Cogent
19. Mournful - dismal
turbulent
supple (adj)
somber
grimace
20. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness
infallible
repose
insidious
corrosive
21. Transmit - bestow - hand down
Bequeath
inopportune (adj)
Cogent
Finite
22. Applaud - entrust
Nonchalant
parsimonious
commend
guise
23. Inspect - pore over
Esteem
Disperse
extol
scrutinize
24. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
artifice
reiterate
deploy
Finite
25. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
meticulous
buffet
ambidextrous
Cogent
26. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain
coerce
discrepancy
reprisal
holocaust
27. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase
venal (adj)
precedent
temerity
Nonchalant
28. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous
ingenuous
ominous (adj)
diffident
Panacea
29. Surviving - in existence
ominous (adj)
extant
Attainment
impervious
30. Enlarge - supplement - amplify
Uncanny
Cogent
virulent
augment
31. Rich - lavish - plentiful - abundant
Omniscient
abhor
opulent
commend
32. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
reprisal
perpetuate
discrepancy
officious (adj)
33. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
solace (n/v)
tepid
Disperse
alienate
34. Blustery - tempestuous - implacable
holocaust
urbane
inclement
guise
35. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
condolence
precedent
reprisal
inopportune (adj)
36. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against
demise
impervious
ominous (adj)
warily
37. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
sojourn
intimation
reprisal
duplicity
38. Respect - admire - honor - revere
unfeigned
delete
Affiliated
Esteem
39. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
explicit (adj)
averse
ironic (adj)
adroit
40. Commiseration - solace - sympathy
discern
quintessence
condolence
commend
41. Compose - constitute - encompass
deft (adj)
musty (adj)
renegade
comprise (v)
42. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
decrepit
unkempt
squalid
accede (v)
43. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
fallow
apathy
decrepit
duplicity
44. Break up - dispel
Disperse
dour
apprehensive
guise
45. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness
clemency
craven
adroit
dearth
46. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged
craven
premeditated (adj)
indomitable
commend
47. Swing - shake
chaos
tepid
stultify
brandish (v)
48. Excusable - forgivable
Venial
muse
truculent
dearth
49. Guide - tradition - model
precedent
fortitude
adversary
artifice
50. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
warily
solace (n/v)
comprise (v)
pliable