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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. Commiseration - solace - sympathy






2. Excusable - forgivable






3. Pained expression - facial contortion






4. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary






5. Mediate - contemplate - daydream






6. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy






7. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy






8. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance






9. Perceive - detect - distinguish






10. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery






11. Persuasive - compelling






12. Achievement - fulfillment






13. Guide - tradition - model






14. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer






15. Apex - acme - summit - apogee






16. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against






17. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium






18. Incriminate - entangle






19. Lumber - trudge






20. Pliable - flexible - limber - pliant






21. Preclude - forestall - ward off






22. Transmit - bestow - hand down






23. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate






24. Effortless - assured - poised - specious






25. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy






26. Inspect - pore over






27. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at






28. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick






29. Clue - indication - inkling






30. Station - organize






31. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely






32. Carefully - prudently - gingerly






33. All-devouring - voracious






34. Decline - relinquish - forgo






35. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain






36. Devote - dedicate - sanctify






37. Lurk - slink - prowl






38. Congenial - neighborly - cordial






39. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough






40. Revert - degenerate - decline






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






42. Impulse - incentive - spur






43. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated






44. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation






45. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding






46. Unproductive - inert - dormant






47. Applaud - entrust






48. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject






49. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious






50. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric