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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. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering






2. Enlarge - supplement - amplify






3. Impulse - incentive - spur






4. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy






5. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation






6. Carefully - prudently - gingerly






7. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly






8. Penalizing - retaliatory






9. Remove - cancel - expunge






10. Confusion - dilemma - predicament






11. Lumber - trudge






12. Taskmaster - slave driver






13. Break up - dispel






14. Unproductive - inert - dormant






15. Commence - launch - begin - board






16. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous






17. Glorify - applaud - acclaim - hail






18. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric






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 Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest






20. Varied - manifold - heterogenous






21. Meet - unite - intersect - merge






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






23. Guide - tradition - model






24. To relish - savor - back in - carouse






25. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against






26. Unerring - certain - free from error






27. Preclude - forestall - ward off






28. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate






29. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium






30. Sooth - reassure - cheer up






31. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely






32. Impregnable - impervious - immune






33. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious






34. All-devouring - voracious






35. Objectionable - blameworthy - culpable - odious






36. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at






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






38. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough






39. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle






40. Devote - dedicate - sanctify






41. Attached - related - joined






42. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy






43. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding






44. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive






45. Commiseration - solace - sympathy






46. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant






47. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing






48. Unpropitious - inauspicious -portentous






49. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful






50. Delete - efface - annihilate