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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. Penalizing - retaliatory






2. Gawk - ogle






3. Break up - dispel






4. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy






5. Eerie - inexplicable






6. Benign - well meaning






7. Indifference - disinterest - detachment






8. All-devouring - voracious






9. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious






10. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous






11. Rectify - correct - mitigate






12. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle






13. Unproductive - inert - dormant






14. Delete - efface - annihilate






15. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing






16. Bounded - measurable






17. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding






18. Preclude - forestall - ward off






19. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely






20. Unerring - certain - free from error






21. Modify - improve - correct






22. Effortless - assured - poised - specious






23. Exact - precisely






24. Lurk - slink - prowl






25. Workable - practicable - viable






26. Antagonist - rival - foe






27. Risk - hazard - peril






28. Paragon - exemplar






29. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution






30. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated






31. Congenial - neighborly - cordial






32. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous






33. Impregnable - impervious - immune






34. Clue - indication - inkling






35. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger






36. Elegant






37. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium






38. Taskmaster - slave driver






39. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful






40. Persuasive - compelling






41. Attached - related - joined






42. Confusion - dilemma - predicament






43. Lumber - trudge






44. Transmit - bestow - hand down






45. Restate - rehash - recapitulate






46. Consent - concur - comply - assent






47. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful






48. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap






49. Varied - manifold - heterogenous






50. Visit - stop over - brief stay