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Hard Synonyms 2
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery
recalcitrant
Finite
holocaust
truculent
2. Antagonist - rival - foe
ominous (adj)
commodious
averse
adversary
3. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
remiss
solace (n/v)
stolid
Venial
4. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding
Venial
indomitable
pungent
scrutinize
5. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering
vociferous
accede (v)
multifarious
unfeigned
6. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger
extirpate (v)
harass
indomitable
extant
7. Modify - improve - correct
amend
pinnacle (n)
squalid
musty (adj)
8. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
pungent
Scrupulous
consecrate
adulterate
9. Preclude - forestall - ward off
obviate
adroit
exhilarate
vociferous
10. Respect - admire - honor - revere
Cogent
abhor
remiss
Esteem
11. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
Nonchalant
ingenuous
brandish (v)
Bequeath
12. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable
inopportune (adj)
Venial
diffident
meticulous
13. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
truculent
unkempt
stately (adj)
bereft
14. Break up - dispel
venal (adj)
Disperse
compatible
tentative
15. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
muse
harass
venal (adj)
verbatim
16. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
benefactor
punitive
recalcitrant
Uncanny
17. Unproductive - inert - dormant
deride
gape
fallow
feasible
18. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant
discern
solace (n/v)
unkempt
supple (adj)
19. Objectionable - blameworthy - culpable - odious
reprehensible
Finite
negligible
gibe
20. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
retrogress
commend
implicate
artifice
21. Outmoded - antiquated - passe - old hat
squalid
amend
obsolete
perpetuate
22. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
averse
belligerent
duplicity
corrosive
23. Visit - stop over - brief stay
reiterate
waive
sojourn
deploy
24. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous
reiterate
pungent
ominous (adj)
altruistic
25. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
musty (adj)
reprisal
exhilarate
remiss
26. Distinct - forthright - unambiguous - clear
unfeigned
explicit (adj)
Skulk
clemency
27. Unerring - certain - free from error
infallible
adroit
animosity
remiss
28. Commence - launch - begin - board
impervious
embark
suppress (v)
extant
29. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
plod
corrosive
Invulnerable
animosity
30. Elegant
urbane
adulterate
apprehensive
sojourn
31. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium
comprise (v)
demise
chaos
infallible
32. Costume - semblance - pretense
obviate
feasible
unfeigned
guise
33. Impulse - incentive - spur
guise
stultify
compatible
impetus
34. Sooth - reassure - cheer up
meticulous
discern
solace (n/v)
truculent
35. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
reprehensible
obsolete
craven
impetus
36. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
impervious
vociferous
feasible
dour
37. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
virulent
Attainment
compatible
apathy
38. Mournful - dismal
venal (adj)
augment
redress
somber
39. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric
Finite
musty (adj)
deft (adj)
ironic (adj)
40. Bereaved
harass
bereft
ominous (adj)
benefactor
41. Detest - despise - abominate
precedent
commodious
abhor
amicable
42. Perceive - detect - distinguish
discern
Attainment
buffet
temerity
43. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
embark
warily
deploy
altruistic
44. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated
turbulent
obsolete
pinnacle (n)
diffident
45. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
retrogress
Supercilious
voluminous
impervious
46. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant
remiss
malevolent
somber
Bequeath
47. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
tentative
Scrupulous
demise
holocaust
48. Effortless - assured - poised - specious
gape
Nonchalant
Skulk
facile
49. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
cursory
martinet
Ascertain
Omniscient
50. Decline - relinquish - forgo
assent
waive
insidious
bereft