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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. Quick - superficial - perfunctory






2. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency






3. Insipid - halfhearted - wishy washy






4. Enlarge - supplement - amplify






5. Negligent - lax - slack - careless






6. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable






7. Attached - related - joined






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






9. Recline - sleep - (n) tranquility - respite - calmness






10. Sooth - reassure - cheer up






11. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery






12. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing






13. Impulse - incentive - spur






14. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine






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






16. Delete - efface - annihilate






17. Sophisticated - urbane -polished






18. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful






19. Transmit - bestow - hand down






20. Decline - relinquish - forgo






21. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance






22. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant






23. Respect - admire - honor - revere






24. Lumber - trudge






25. Separate - drive apart - estrange






26. Discover - determine - establish






27. Contaminate - pollute - sully






28. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject






29. Meet - unite - intersect - merge






30. Bounded - measurable






31. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain






32. Revert - degenerate - decline






33. Objectionable - blameworthy - culpable - odious






34. Applaud - entrust






35. Antagonist - rival - foe






36. Enmity - rancor - antipathy






37. Turncoat - defector - heretic






38. Wise - all-knowing






39. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise






40. Compose - constitute - encompass






41. Confusion - dilemma - predicament






42. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against






43. Pained expression - facial contortion






44. Remove - cancel - expunge






45. Surviving - in existence






46. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant






47. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at






48. Preclude - forestall - ward off






49. Agree - concur - consent - accede






50. Penalizing - retaliatory