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






2. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap






3. Antiquated - hackneyed






4. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely






5. Taskmaster - slave driver






6. Bulky - massive - copious - plentiful






7. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant






8. Confusion - dilemma - predicament






9. Separate - drive apart - estrange






10. Distinct - forthright - unambiguous - clear






11. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable






12. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance






13. Mediate - contemplate - daydream






14. Bereaved






15. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous






16. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy






17. Workable - practicable - viable






18. Supple - adaptable - resilient






19. Excusable - forgivable






20. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency






21. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery






22. Clamorous - uproarious - blustering






23. Impulse - incentive - spur






24. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine






25. Resolve - steadfastness - mettle






26. Disincline - loath






27. Modify - improve - correct






28. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless






29. Break up - dispel






30. Comfortable - ample - capacious






31. Enlarge - supplement - amplify






32. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium






33. Stimulate - excite gladden






34. Unerring - certain - free from error






35. Quick - superficial - perfunctory






36. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation






37. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject






38. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious






39. Costume - semblance - pretense






40. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated






41. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery






42. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer






43. Commence - launch - begin - board






44. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough






45. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain






46. Swing - shake






47. Perceive - detect - distinguish






48. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded






49. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful






50. All-devouring - voracious