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Hard Synonyms 2
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1. Lumber - trudge
diffident
plod
Cogent
impervious
2. Clue - indication - inkling
impetus
intimation
retrogress
musty (adj)
3. Restate - rehash - recapitulate
reiterate
solace (n/v)
ironic (adj)
reprisal
4. Contaminate - pollute - sully
adulterate
dour
stultify
solace (n/v)
5. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance
infallible
commodious
artifice
quandary
6. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate
Nonchalant
plod
stultify
repose
7. Unproductive - inert - dormant
jeopardy
duplicity
fallow
quandary
8. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium
repose
averse
Invulnerable
chaos
9. Unerring - certain - free from error
recalcitrant
plod
stately (adj)
infallible
10. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful
supple (adj)
Invulnerable
implicate
virulent
11. Visit - stop over - brief stay
tepid
sojourn
feasible
altruistic
12. Station - organize
discrepancy
compatible
deploy
explicit (adj)
13. Break up - dispel
craven
deride
insidious
Disperse
14. Decline - relinquish - forgo
abhor
impervious
unkempt
waive
15. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject
demise
rampant (adj)
squalid
Affiliated
16. Rectify - correct - mitigate
discrepancy
redress
embark
sojourn
17. Respect - admire - honor - revere
obviate
urbane
stultify
Esteem
18. Perceive - detect - distinguish
Skulk
discern
delete
amicable
19. Guide - tradition - model
facile
muse
Esteem
precedent
20. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution
apathy
reiterate
adversary
reprisal
21. Decrease - passing away
demise
insidious
ominous (adj)
tepid
22. Bereaved
artifice
bereft
animosity
pinnacle (n)
23. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about
somber
demise
buffet
ambidextrous
24. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious
ironic (adj)
assent
Scrupulous
grimace
25. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious
inopportune (adj)
Venial
insidious
perpetuate
26. Lurk - slink - prowl
Skulk
amicable
temerity
coerce
27. Mediate - contemplate - daydream
muse
obsolete
cursory
stolid
28. Persuasive - compelling
Cogent
feasible
sojourn
vociferous
29. Outmoded - antiquated - passe - old hat
obsolete
buffet
feasible
Ascertain
30. Separate - drive apart - estrange
alienate
extant
scrutinize
demise
31. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery
recalcitrant
reiterate
accede (v)
guise
32. Swing - shake
buffet
brandish (v)
Affiliated
explicit (adj)
33. Provisional - inconclusive
obviate
inopportune (adj)
tentative
Disperse
34. All-devouring - voracious
omnivorous
rampant (adj)
impervious
solace (n/v)
35. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation
pungent
holocaust
chaos
extirpate (v)
36. Excusable - forgivable
duplicity
meticulous
quandary
Venial
37. Preclude - forestall - ward off
retrogress
martinet
obviate
Finite
38. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle
obsolete
compatible
grimace
fortitude
39. Stimulate - excite gladden
rampant (adj)
exhilarate
somber
craven
40. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery
meticulous
temerity
recalcitrant
belligerent
41. Quick - superficial - perfunctory
cursory
Scrupulous
corrosive
gibe
42. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency
discrepancy
delete
clemency
pinnacle (n)
43. Achievement - fulfillment
turbulent
Attainment
Converge
Omniscient
44. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful
holocaust
fallow
Expunge
voluminous
45. Grand - magnificent - imposing
reprehensible
muse
stately (adj)
grimace
46. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine
obviate
coerce
musty (adj)
dearth
47. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger
bereft
impetus
virulent
harass
48. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged
premeditated (adj)
scrutinize
omnivorous
venal (adj)
49. Agree - concur - consent - accede
extol
stultify
officious (adj)
assent
50. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated
remiss
fallow
ambidextrous
turbulent