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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. Workable - practicable - viable






2. Devote - dedicate - sanctify






3. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous






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






5. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery






6. Decline - relinquish - forgo






7. Bereaved






8. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy






9. Agree - concur - consent - accede






10. Rich - lavish - plentiful - abundant






11. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous






12. Congenial - neighborly - cordial






13. Remove - cancel - expunge






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






15. Mournful - dismal






16. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated






17. Objectionable - blameworthy - culpable - odious






18. Lurk - slink - prowl






19. Enmity - rancor - antipathy






20. Attached - related - joined






21. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase






22. Universal cure - easy solution






23. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate






24. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject






25. Turncoat - defector - heretic






26. Blustery - tempestuous - implacable






27. Revert - degenerate - decline






28. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant






29. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt






30. Meet - unite - intersect - merge






31. Detest - despise - abominate






32. Perceive - detect - distinguish






33. Commiseration - solace - sympathy






34. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine






35. Unruly - obstinate - contrary - ornery






36. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric






37. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful






38. Consent - concur - comply - assent






39. Impulse - incentive - spur






40. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick






41. Distinct - forthright - unambiguous - clear






42. Swing - shake






43. Stimulate - excite gladden






44. Risk - hazard - peril






45. Decrease - passing away






46. Penalizing - retaliatory






47. Unerring - certain - free from error






48. Naive - artless - guileless - candid






49. Lumber - trudge






50. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation