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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. Distinct - forthright - unambiguous - clear






2. Decrease - passing away






3. Objectionable - blameworthy - culpable - odious






4. Contaminate - pollute - sully






5. Elegant






6. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery






7. Penalizing - retaliatory






8. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant






9. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery






10. Lumber - trudge






11. Restate - rehash - recapitulate






12. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering






13. Commiseration - solace - sympathy






14. Turncoat - defector - heretic






15. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise






16. Break up - dispel






17. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough






18. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous






19. Exact - precisely






20. Naive - artless - guileless - candid






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






22. Provisional - inconclusive






23. Wise - all-knowing






24. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery






25. Universal cure - easy solution






26. Separate - drive apart - estrange






27. Modify - improve - correct






28. Decline - relinquish - forgo






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






30. Sooth - reassure - cheer up






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 Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest






32. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness






33. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely






34. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger






35. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium






36. Respect - admire - honor - revere






37. Indifference - disinterest - detachment






38. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase






39. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy






40. Revert - degenerate - decline






41. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded






42. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant






43. Confusion - dilemma - predicament






44. Agree - concur - consent - accede






45. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at






46. Effortless - assured - poised - specious






47. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric






48. Congenial - neighborly - cordial






49. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful






50. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance