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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. Naive - artless - guileless - candid






2. Rich - lavish - plentiful - abundant






3. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer






4. Versatile - facile






5. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance






6. Excusable - forgivable






7. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated






8. Mournful - dismal






9. Supple - adaptable - resilient






10. Negligent - lax - slack - careless






11. Decrease - passing away






12. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing






13. Benign - well meaning






14. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against






15. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless






16. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery






17. Impulse - incentive - spur






18. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous






19. Confusion - dilemma - predicament






20. Disincline - loath






21. Agree - concur - consent - accede






22. Transmit - bestow - hand down






23. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution






24. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger






25. Insufficiency - want - paucity - a lack - a famine






26. Pained expression - facial contortion






27. Delete - efface - annihilate






28. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap






29. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely






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






31. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric






32. Antagonist - rival - foe






33. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful






34. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject






35. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery






36. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase






37. All-devouring - voracious






38. Lumber - trudge






39. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant






40. Impassive - phlegmatic






41. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at






42. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy






43. Swing - shake






44. Enmity - rancor - antipathy






45. Inspect - pore over






46. Workable - practicable - viable






47. Attached - related - joined






48. Penalizing - retaliatory






49. Restate - rehash - recapitulate






50. Consent - concur - comply - assent