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Easy Synonyms
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english
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grammar
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. gauche
dictator
ill-mannered
quarrelsome
improve
2. browbeat
boldness
sluggish
to bully
to exhaust
3. fathom
comprehend
corruption
capable
a plan
4. adulation
malicious
admire
learning
adoration
5. complaisant
describe
harmful
obliging
commendation
6. emulate
defile
greed
imitate
concrete - tangible
7. eulogy
rival
sharp
tribute
childish
8. pugilism
violent denunciation
boxing
academic
to praise
9. querulous
selfless
scholar
complaining
wise
10. obdurate
sharp
stubborn
feel compassion for
crude
11. didactic
bubbly
friendly
enjoyment
educational
12. iconoclast
improve
a rebel
unfriendly
barbarian
13. tactile
a scheme
concrete - tangible
showy
verify
14. ethereal
defile
cheat
heavenly
scholar
15. effigy
dummy
a rebel
detached
to bully
16. pejorative
sharp
negative
admire
pleasure-loving
17. spurious
height (status)
smart
fraudulent
keenness
18. venerate
keenness
admire
adoration
commendation
19. flippant
fraudulent
sharp
obliterate
disrespectful
20. indefatigable
improve
untiring
heavenly
pleasure seeker
21. palpable
detached
tangible
ill-mannered
showy
22. plaudit
generous
kiss-up
a scheme
an approval
23. malevolent
disrespectful
malicious
an award
a scheme
24. credulous
generous
tribute
trusting
rival
25. despot
silly
pressure
educational
dictator
26. prolific
productive
crude
disrespectful
concrete - tangible
27. exonerate
to free
extraordinary
productive
disrespectful
28. charlatan
fake
corruption
clever
stubborn
29. haughty
overly proud
to bully
feel compassion for
evil
30. quixotic
scholar
clever
strict
idealistic
31. amiable
friendly
defile
improve
practical
32. espouse
to support
academic
to praise
corruption
33. spurn
reject
meddlesome
tribute
commendation
34. hedonist
cheat
improve
pleasure seeker
speed up
35. judicious
boxing
heavenly
rapidly recovering
wise
36. stolid
unemotional
cognizant
fervent
an award
37. sybaritic
height (status)
pleasure-loving
headstrong
silly
38. astute
smart
showy
obliterate
kiss-up
39. avarice
admire
a sign
greed
poisonous
40. efface
rival
to support
skillful
obliterate
41. polemical
arguable / controversial
quarrelsome
a rebel
gourmet
42. puerile
enjoyment
improve
childish
meddlesome
43. extemporaneous
greed
spontaneous
clever
to support
44. delineate
describe
unemotional
cautious (forward-looking)
pretentious
45. ascetic
productive
connoisseur
strict
dictator
46. guile
productive
trickery
dislike (n.)
dictator
47. rancorous
angry
verify
reject
spontaneous
48. prodigious
an approval
fervent
untiring
extraordinary
49. empathize
feel compassion for
slender
arguable / controversial
tribute
50. altruistic
detached
disrespectful
selfless
selfish