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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. Mediate - contemplate - daydream






2. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous






3. Contaminate - pollute - sully






4. Modify - improve - correct






5. Antiquated - hackneyed






6. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous






7. Supple - adaptable - resilient






8. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger






9. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution






10. Incriminate - entangle






11. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against






12. Bounded - measurable






13. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing






14. Mournful - dismal






15. Guide - tradition - model






16. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery






17. Impulse - incentive - spur






18. Provisional - inconclusive






19. Achievement - fulfillment






20. Detest - despise - abominate






21. Disincline - loath






22. Unproductive - inert - dormant






23. Carefully - prudently - gingerly






24. Costume - semblance - pretense






25. Risk - hazard - peril






26. Confusion - dilemma - predicament






27. Meet - unite - intersect - merge






28. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer






29. Decline - relinquish - forgo






30. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious






31. Preclude - forestall - ward off






32. Restate - rehash - recapitulate






33. Remove - cancel - expunge






34. Indifference - disinterest - detachment






35. Penalizing - retaliatory






36. Widespread - unrestrained - extravagant - prevalent






37. Brutal - savage - belligerent - vitriolic - aggressive - deadly






38. Exact - precisely






39. Bereaved






40. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive






41. Compose - constitute - encompass






42. Swing - shake






43. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine






44. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious






45. Wise - all-knowing






46. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt






47. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded






48. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery






49. Unerring - certain - free from error






50. Respect - admire - honor - revere