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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness
Cogent
renegade
clemency
commodious
2. Visit - stop over - brief stay
clemency
supple (adj)
sojourn
deride
3. To relish - savor - back in - carouse
corrosive
Expunge
warily
revel
4. Confusion - dilemma - predicament
insidious
quandary
Nonchalant
warily
5. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine
tepid
dour
Nonchalant
impetus
6. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
pinnacle (n)
stultify
martinet
Scrupulous
7. Gawk - ogle
solace (n/v)
suppress (v)
gape
Invulnerable
8. Sophisticated - urbane -polished
unfeigned
fallow
suave
muse
9. Excusable - forgivable
adulterate
impetus
Venial
reiterate
10. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous
craven
infallible
amend
opulent
11. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger
delete
harass
rampant (adj)
indomitable
12. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary
explicit (adj)
venal (adj)
parsimonious
musty (adj)
13. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding
quintessence
bereft
Bequeath
indomitable
14. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase
extant
remiss
Nonchalant
reprehensible
15. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
extant
corrosive
Skulk
dearth
16. Disincline - loath
averse
dour
retrogress
stolid
17. Lumber - trudge
plod
benefactor
parsimonious
deft (adj)
18. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
craven
Uncanny
opulent
squalid
19. Inspect - pore over
scrutinize
feasible
bereft
destitute (adj)
20. Respect - admire - honor - revere
commend
Esteem
ominous (adj)
meticulous
21. Applaud - entrust
commend
unfeigned
delete
animosity
22. Revert - degenerate - decline
impetus
discrepancy
retrogress
holocaust
23. Bereaved
parsimonious
omnivorous
bereft
discrepancy
24. Outmoded - antiquated - passe - old hat
obsolete
adroit
animosity
plod
25. Unselfish - selfless - concerned with the welfare of others
altruistic
virulent
delete
impetus
26. Blustery - tempestuous - implacable
verbatim
Disperse
inclement
alienate
27. Supple - adaptable - resilient
ominous (adj)
pliable
solace (n/v)
artifice
28. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
chaos
guise
cursory
benefactor
29. Effortless - assured - poised - specious
tentative
condolence
facile
indomitable
30. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
craven
embark
quintessence
Supercilious
31. Naive - artless - guileless - candid
ingenuous
obviate
opulent
stately (adj)
32. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy
pliable
assent
tepid
accede (v)
33. Separate - drive apart - estrange
ambidextrous
alienate
ingenuous
pungent
34. Exact - precisely
recalcitrant
supple (adj)
suave
verbatim
35. Negligent - lax - slack - careless
Invulnerable
duplicity
remiss
tentative
36. Decline - relinquish - forgo
waive
explicit (adj)
delete
condolence
37. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap
martinet
amend
Panacea
parsimonious
38. Modify - improve - correct
reprehensible
amend
apprehensive
ambidextrous
39. Transmit - bestow - hand down
Bequeath
gibe
impervious
Skulk
40. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded
compatible
ominous (adj)
martinet
deride
41. Costume - semblance - pretense
guise
bereft
muse
inopportune (adj)
42. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
muse
gibe
coerce
comprise (v)
43. Carefully - prudently - gingerly
warily
reiterate
obviate
tepid
44. Contaminate - pollute - sully
cursory
augment
adulterate
suppress (v)
45. Compose - constitute - encompass
demise
bereft
comprise (v)
indomitable
46. Universal cure - easy solution
ironic (adj)
Panacea
discrepancy
suave
47. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
artifice
sojourn
temerity
extirpate (v)
48. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
cursory
musty (adj)
Attainment
bereft
49. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly
scrutinize
fortitude
diffident
chivalrous
50. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely
perpetuate
stultify
urbane
belligerent