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Hard Synonyms 2
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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. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence
Affiliated
obsolete
commend
suppress (v)
2. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless
Cogent
destitute (adj)
meticulous
demise
3. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious
belligerent
sojourn
vociferous
somber
4. Guide - tradition - model
precedent
supple (adj)
temerity
Affiliated
5. Transmit - bestow - hand down
dour
remiss
Bequeath
altruistic
6. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly
punitive
truculent
comprise (v)
musty (adj)
7. Widespread - unrestrained - extravagant - prevalent
warily
chaos
Venial
rampant (adj)
8. Visit - stop over - brief stay
sojourn
verbatim
suave
deft (adj)
9. Rectify - correct - mitigate
redress
suave
negligible
benevolent
10. Clue - indication - inkling
inopportune (adj)
intimation
pliable
jeopardy
11. Separate - drive apart - estrange
recalcitrant
infallible
alienate
muse
12. Consent - concur - comply - assent
accede (v)
coerce
extirpate (v)
harass
13. Apex - acme - summit - apogee
virulent
tentative
corrosive
pinnacle (n)
14. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
revel
discrepancy
exhilarate
Panacea
15. Elegant
ominous (adj)
urbane
Converge
tentative
16. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
virulent
brandish (v)
fortitude
precedent
17. Impregnable - impervious - immune
Invulnerable
tepid
adversary
commend
18. Benign - well meaning
martinet
Ascertain
benevolent
officious (adj)
19. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others
benefactor
gape
delete
impervious
20. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant
malevolent
altruistic
explicit (adj)
repose
21. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy
truculent
meticulous
chivalrous
supple (adj)
22. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick
pungent
consecrate
adroit
waive
23. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger
extant
harass
gape
plod
24. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing
Supercilious
revel
discrepancy
tepid
25. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer
dearth
punitive
gibe
decrepit
26. Antagonist - rival - foe
belligerent
voluminous
adversary
unfeigned
27. Exact - precisely
verbatim
Supercilious
parsimonious
Affiliated
28. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
vociferous
exhilarate
clemency
dearth
29. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at
Cogent
deride
Venial
embark
30. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
renegade
revel
diffident
holocaust
31. Universal cure - easy solution
Panacea
ingenuous
grimace
corrosive
32. Persuasive - compelling
ingenuous
Cogent
commodious
amicable
33. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant
supple (adj)
venal (adj)
dearth
voluminous
34. Enmity - rancor - antipathy
insidious
Supercilious
animosity
dour
35. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive
officious (adj)
musty (adj)
chivalrous
truculent
36. Unselfish - selfless - concerned with the welfare of others
obviate
fallow
discern
altruistic
37. Station - organize
reiterate
ambidextrous
deploy
unkempt
38. Rich - lavish - plentiful - abundant
turbulent
opulent
muse
augment
39. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
voluminous
musty (adj)
muse
omnivorous
40. Modify - improve - correct
stultify
martinet
amend
alienate
41. Wise - all-knowing
Expunge
Omniscient
martinet
venal (adj)
42. Lumber - trudge
warily
virulent
plod
retrogress
43. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery
duplicity
insidious
animosity
dour
44. Comfortable - ample - capacious
commodious
apprehensive
extirpate (v)
Expunge
45. Preclude - forestall - ward off
facile
stultify
abhor
obviate
46. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged
reiterate
premeditated (adj)
somber
suppress (v)
47. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
apathy
Expunge
infallible
Scrupulous
48. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy
pungent
rampant (adj)
guise
commend
49. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
temerity
alienate
guise
perpetuate
50. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful
discrepancy
ironic (adj)
extirpate (v)
corrosive