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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. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate






2. Incriminate - entangle






3. Pained expression - facial contortion






4. All-devouring - voracious






5. Apex - acme - summit - apogee






6. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous






7. Restate - rehash - recapitulate






8. Station - organize






9. Unerring - certain - free from error






10. Commence - launch - begin - board






11. Clue - indication - inkling






12. Grand - magnificent - imposing






13. Excusable - forgivable






14. Elegant






15. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely






16. Glorify - applaud - acclaim - hail






17. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant






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






19. Dingy - sordid - foul - vile - abject






20. Antiquated - hackneyed






21. Modify - improve - correct






22. Taskmaster - slave driver






23. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged






24. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless






25. Ridicule - mock - deride - jeer






26. Delete - efface - annihilate






27. Lurk - slink - prowl






28. Remove - cancel - expunge






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






30. Eerie - inexplicable






31. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough






32. Risk - hazard - peril






33. Antagonist - rival - foe






34. Bereaved






35. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded






36. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly






37. Effortless - assured - poised - specious






38. Impregnable - impervious - immune






39. Benign - well meaning






40. Dishonest - bribable - corruptible - mercenary






41. Persuasive - compelling






42. Turncoat - defector - heretic






43. Compose - constitute - encompass






44. Detest - despise - abominate






45. Workable - practicable - viable






46. Enmity - rancor - antipathy






47. Comfortable - ample - capacious






48. Separate - drive apart - estrange






49. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery






50. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation