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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.
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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. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery






2. Rectify - correct - mitigate






3. Eerie - inexplicable






4. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject






5. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious






6. Achievement - fulfillment






7. To relish - savor - back in - carouse






8. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough






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 Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest






10. Contaminate - pollute - sully






11. Workable - practicable - viable






12. Sooth - reassure - cheer up






13. Apex - acme - summit - apogee






14. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful






15. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious






16. Provisional - inconclusive






17. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at






18. Naive - artless - guileless - candid






19. Elegant






20. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer






21. Impassive - phlegmatic






22. Commiseration - solace - sympathy






23. Meet - unite - intersect - merge






24. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous






25. Penalizing - retaliatory






26. Unerring - certain - free from error






27. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy






28. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding






29. Antagonist - rival - foe






30. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous






31. Carefully - prudently - gingerly






32. Compose - constitute - encompass






33. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance






34. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant






35. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle






36. All-devouring - voracious






37. Varied - manifold - heterogenous






38. Patron - humanitarian - one who does good to others






39. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise






40. Lumber - trudge






41. Antiquated - hackneyed






42. Mournful - dismal






43. Universal cure - easy solution






44. Turncoat - defector - heretic






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






46. Negligent - lax - slack - careless






47. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick






48. Paragon - exemplar






49. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary






50. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated