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Hard Synonyms 2

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Detest - despise - abominate






2. Applaud - entrust






3. Break up - dispel






4. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant






5. Quick - superficial - perfunctory






6. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded






7. Effortless - assured - poised - specious






8. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious






9. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance






10. Workable - practicable - viable






11. Unerring - certain - free from error






12. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at






13. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous






14. Batter - sock - thump - pummel - toss about






15. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy






16. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence






17. Enlarge - supplement - amplify






18. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick






19. Visit - stop over - brief stay






20. Clue - indication - inkling






21. Antagonist - rival - foe






22. Perceive - detect - distinguish






23. Varied - manifold - heterogenous






24. Commiseration - solace - sympathy






25. Blustery - tempestuous - implacable






26. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject






27. Delete - efface - annihilate






28. To relish - savor - back in - carouse






29. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation






30. Grand - magnificent - imposing






31. Swing - shake






32. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated






33. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous






34. Eerie - inexplicable






35. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt






36. Contaminate - pollute - sully






37. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery






38. All-devouring - voracious






39. Decline - relinquish - forgo






40. Confusion - dilemma - predicament






41. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding






42. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged






43. Respect - admire - honor - revere






44. Sophisticated - urbane -polished






45. Turncoat - defector - heretic






46. Lurk - slink - prowl






47. Elegant






48. Restate - rehash - recapitulate






49. Impulse - incentive - spur






50. Guide - tradition - model