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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Pained expression - facial contortion
pinnacle (n)
delete
chivalrous
grimace
2. Transmit - bestow - hand down
alienate
Bequeath
adulterate
grimace
3. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
benefactor
condolence
commend
gibe
4. Indifference - disinterest - detachment
inclement
punitive
premeditated (adj)
apathy
5. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
diffident
artifice
reprisal
commodious
6. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant
compatible
malevolent
renegade
negligible
7. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
altruistic
muse
exhilarate
fallow
8. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
duplicity
Supercilious
parsimonious
meticulous
9. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant
malevolent
grimace
rampant (adj)
amicable
10. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
remiss
condolence
Venial
retrogress
11. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
martinet
officious (adj)
deride
perpetuate
12. Comfortable - ample - capacious
commodious
pungent
supple (adj)
waive
13. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant
stolid
supple (adj)
averse
intimation
14. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful
assent
Omniscient
virulent
deft (adj)
15. Discover - determine - establish
commodious
gibe
Ascertain
benefactor
16. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
discrepancy
deft (adj)
voluminous
revel
17. Wise - all-knowing
pungent
Omniscient
plod
malevolent
18. Revert - degenerate - decline
retrogress
ominous (adj)
dour
perpetuate
19. Risk - hazard - peril
Finite
precedent
gibe
jeopardy
20. Unerring - certain - free from error
infallible
Cogent
meticulous
perpetuate
21. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
gibe
ingenuous
negligible
multifarious
22. Impassive - phlegmatic
somber
stolid
altruistic
reiterate
23. Eerie - inexplicable
dour
voluminous
Converge
Uncanny
24. Persuasive - compelling
opulent
Cogent
perpetuate
renegade
25. Applaud - entrust
Scrupulous
plod
brandish (v)
commend
26. Break up - dispel
diffident
rampant (adj)
Disperse
pliable
27. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated
retrogress
decrepit
insidious
repose
28. Guide - tradition - model
dearth
commodious
precedent
facile
29. Paragon - exemplar
facile
craven
pliable
quintessence
30. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
precedent
amend
urbane
ironic (adj)
31. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
pliable
artifice
quandary
explicit (adj)
32. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
reiterate
reprehensible
delete
holocaust
33. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
buffet
reprisal
pliable
scrutinize
34. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence
revel
suppress (v)
discern
solace (n/v)
35. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
deride
reprehensible
discern
vociferous
36. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
musty (adj)
fortitude
apprehensive
truculent
37. Gawk - ogle
clemency
Supercilious
gape
somber
38. Modify - improve - correct
amend
fallow
Expunge
fortitude
39. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase
Supercilious
Omniscient
Nonchalant
suppress (v)
40. Visit - stop over - brief stay
negligible
sojourn
impervious
cursory
41. Impulse - incentive - spur
reiterate
impetus
amicable
parsimonious
42. Perceive - detect - distinguish
Expunge
unkempt
truculent
discern
43. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger
corrosive
harass
Affiliated
deride
44. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
amicable
discern
revel
fortitude
45. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
stolid
retrogress
corrosive
condolence
46. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated
stultify
renegade
turbulent
implicate
47. Contaminate - pollute - sully
Esteem
condolence
grimace
adulterate
48. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
stolid
insidious
holocaust
muse
49. Restate - rehash - recapitulate
coerce
indomitable
reiterate
unkempt
50. Widespread - unrestrained - extravagant - prevalent
rampant (adj)
feasible
reprisal
solace (n/v)