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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. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous
retrogress
repose
ominous (adj)
deploy
2. Unproductive - inert - dormant
implicate
facile
extol
fallow
3. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
deride
ironic (adj)
Venial
diffident
4. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt
guise
duplicity
rampant (adj)
unfeigned
5. Attached - related - joined
Attainment
Affiliated
bereft
feasible
6. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded
compatible
virulent
ironic (adj)
intimation
7. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium
plod
chaos
repose
ironic (adj)
8. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
suppress (v)
chivalrous
condolence
duplicity
9. Workable - practicable - viable
Omniscient
feasible
Disperse
repose
10. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
commodious
voluminous
pinnacle (n)
suave
11. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
pungent
extol
discern
amicable
12. Versatile - facile
benefactor
amicable
ambidextrous
gape
13. Inspect - pore over
plod
jeopardy
scrutinize
unfeigned
14. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
deft (adj)
brandish (v)
apprehensive
clemency
15. Transmit - bestow - hand down
vociferous
Bequeath
negligible
embark
16. Enmity - rancor - antipathy
quandary
vociferous
Omniscient
animosity
17. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
martinet
warily
adversary
apathy
18. Paragon - exemplar
harass
holocaust
repose
quintessence
19. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged
premeditated (adj)
intimation
assent
altruistic
20. Benign - well meaning
alienate
benevolent
discern
warily
21. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
Affiliated
Converge
truculent
Esteem
22. Visit - stop over - brief stay
sojourn
guise
coerce
squalid
23. Restate - rehash - recapitulate
Scrupulous
commodious
reiterate
fallow
24. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
quintessence
dour
deploy
gibe
25. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
Supercilious
holocaust
implicate
inopportune (adj)
26. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
deride
discrepancy
extirpate (v)
Uncanny
27. Applaud - entrust
commend
craven
Scrupulous
deploy
28. Universal cure - easy solution
artifice
insidious
corrosive
Panacea
29. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
quandary
gape
obsolete
unkempt
30. Impregnable - impervious - immune
Bequeath
Invulnerable
suppress (v)
officious (adj)
31. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
adroit
supple (adj)
Bequeath
fallow
32. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
solace (n/v)
temerity
parsimonious
corrosive
33. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
retrogress
embark
implicate
pinnacle (n)
34. Commence - launch - begin - board
stolid
Expunge
embark
inopportune (adj)
35. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
fortitude
dour
diffident
ambidextrous
36. Mournful - dismal
opulent
Omniscient
somber
corrosive
37. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
remiss
suave
opulent
solace (n/v)
38. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant
supple (adj)
officious (adj)
Omniscient
coerce
39. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
diffident
temerity
amicable
stately (adj)
40. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
meticulous
Ascertain
pinnacle (n)
Invulnerable
41. Costume - semblance - pretense
fortitude
exhilarate
guise
retrogress
42. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding
suppress (v)
indomitable
retrogress
supple (adj)
43. Agree - concur - consent - accede
assent
ingenuous
parsimonious
Invulnerable
44. Varied - manifold - heterogenous
craven
multifarious
facile
malevolent
45. Incriminate - entangle
venal (adj)
unkempt
adulterate
implicate
46. Impassive - phlegmatic
stolid
consecrate
Converge
feasible
47. Delete - efface - annihilate
insidious
inopportune (adj)
remiss
Expunge
48. Contaminate - pollute - sully
commodious
altruistic
pinnacle (n)
adulterate
49. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
intimation
deploy
coerce
insidious
50. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence
temerity
stultify
renegade
suppress (v)