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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. Excusable - forgivable






2. Preclude - forestall - ward off






3. Gawk - ogle






4. Commiseration - solace - sympathy






5. Commence - launch - begin - board






6. Transmit - bestow - hand down






7. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful






8. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy






9. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely






10. Bereaved






11. Taskmaster - slave driver






12. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive






13. Elegant






14. Negligent - lax - slack - careless






15. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough






16. Rectify - correct - mitigate






17. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency






18. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery






19. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine






20. Incriminate - entangle






21. Enmity - rancor - antipathy






22. Lurk - slink - prowl






23. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest






24. Impulse - incentive - spur






25. Costume - semblance - pretense






26. Restate - rehash - recapitulate






27. Confusion - dilemma - predicament






28. To relish - savor - back in - carouse






29. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery






30. Penalizing - retaliatory






31. Contaminate - pollute - sully






32. Impassive - phlegmatic






33. Apex - acme - summit - apogee






34. Universal cure - easy solution






35. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer






36. Eerie - inexplicable






37. Consent - concur - comply - assent






38. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious






39. Distinct - forthright - unambiguous - clear






40. Comfortable - ample - capacious






41. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase






42. Quick - superficial - perfunctory






43. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle






44. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery






45. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful






46. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap






47. Swing - shake






48. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful






49. Antagonist - rival - foe






50. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly