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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. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against






2. Workable - practicable - viable






3. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery






4. Enlarge - supplement - amplify






5. Swing - shake






6. Attached - related - joined






7. Costume - semblance - pretense






8. Guide - tradition - model






9. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious






10. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution






11. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject






12. Mournful - dismal






13. Unproductive - inert - dormant






14. Contaminate - pollute - sully






15. Clue - indication - inkling






16. Elegant






17. Caustic - mordant - acidulous - spiteful






18. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated






19. Eerie - inexplicable






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






21. Perceive - detect - distinguish






22. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy






23. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence






24. Visit - stop over - brief stay






25. Apex - acme - summit - apogee






26. Lumber - trudge






27. Impulse - incentive - spur






28. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain






29. Respect - admire - honor - revere






30. Grand - magnificent - imposing






31. Disincline - loath






32. Negligent - lax - slack - careless






33. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive






34. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance






35. Delete - efface - annihilate






36. Meet - unite - intersect - merge






37. Devote - dedicate - sanctify






38. Wise - all-knowing






39. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious






40. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious






41. Restate - rehash - recapitulate






42. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at






43. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous






44. Stimulate - excite gladden






45. Taskmaster - slave driver






46. Impregnable - impervious - immune






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






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






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 Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest






50. Carefully - prudently - gingerly