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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. Versatile - facile
belligerent
bereft
Panacea
ambidextrous
2. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant
apathy
malevolent
explicit (adj)
Uncanny
3. Provisional - inconclusive
amicable
tentative
perpetuate
deride
4. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
discrepancy
Venial
parsimonious
chivalrous
5. Unerring - certain - free from error
impetus
infallible
unkempt
accede (v)
6. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
somber
remiss
indomitable
inclement
7. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
negligible
ambidextrous
punitive
squalid
8. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
extirpate (v)
buffet
virulent
decrepit
9. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
ambidextrous
explicit (adj)
Ascertain
dearth
10. Bereaved
craven
gibe
bereft
temerity
11. Transmit - bestow - hand down
Bequeath
unkempt
benevolent
implicate
12. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding
demise
deride
indomitable
Skulk
13. Swing - shake
tepid
delete
repose
brandish (v)
14. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
Uncanny
officious (adj)
discrepancy
demise
15. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
amend
discrepancy
voluminous
tepid
16. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
temerity
supple (adj)
fortitude
inclement
17. Excusable - forgivable
Venial
infallible
ingenuous
amicable
18. Comfortable - ample - capacious
assent
discrepancy
solace (n/v)
commodious
19. Discover - determine - establish
Ascertain
Panacea
tentative
duplicity
20. Effortless - assured - poised - specious
implicate
commend
facile
dearth
21. Distinct - forthright - unambiguous - clear
fortitude
altruistic
truculent
explicit (adj)
22. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
insidious
demise
extirpate (v)
adversary
23. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
solace (n/v)
stultify
somber
demise
24. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
perpetuate
artifice
ambidextrous
adulterate
25. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest
scrutinize
diffident
consecrate
holocaust
26. Contaminate - pollute - sully
Expunge
adulterate
discrepancy
amend
27. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
waive
stolid
amend
Scrupulous
28. Incriminate - entangle
gibe
exhilarate
implicate
pinnacle (n)
29. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
premeditated (adj)
diffident
Supercilious
demise
30. Unselfish - selfless - concerned with the welfare of others
officious (adj)
cursory
suppress (v)
altruistic
31. Supple - adaptable - resilient
premeditated (adj)
musty (adj)
pliable
Expunge
32. Impulse - incentive - spur
destitute (adj)
impetus
amicable
altruistic
33. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
temerity
pinnacle (n)
Expunge
omnivorous
34. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
impervious
perpetuate
waive
exhilarate
35. Perceive - detect - distinguish
coerce
stolid
discern
quintessence
36. Impassive - phlegmatic
multifarious
virulent
stolid
coerce
37. Agree - concur - consent - accede
stately (adj)
amend
artifice
assent
38. Bounded - measurable
gape
Finite
quintessence
guise
39. Workable - practicable - viable
feasible
impetus
bereft
artifice
40. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
grimace
truculent
ingenuous
alienate
41. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough
bereft
consecrate
unkempt
obviate
42. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium
rampant (adj)
renegade
chaos
stately (adj)
43. Lurk - slink - prowl
truculent
renegade
voluminous
Skulk
44. Widespread - unrestrained - extravagant - prevalent
assent
rampant (adj)
opulent
cursory
45. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
ambidextrous
reprisal
warily
jeopardy
46. Turncoat - defector - heretic
abhor
redress
martinet
renegade
47. Compose - constitute - encompass
comprise (v)
waive
tepid
urbane
48. Station - organize
gibe
animosity
deploy
squalid
49. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
adroit
Bequeath
discern
impervious
50. Varied - manifold - heterogenous
opulent
multifarious
somber
Bequeath