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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. Stimulate - excite gladden






2. Congenial - neighborly - cordial






3. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable






4. Meet - unite - intersect - merge






5. Harmonious - in agreement - like-minded






6. Universal cure - easy solution






7. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance






8. Enmity - rancor - antipathy






9. Apex - acme - summit - apogee






10. Meddlesome - prying - impertinent - obtrusive






11. Break up - dispel






12. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate






13. Dexterous - adroit - proficient - clever - masterful






14. Unproductive - inert - dormant






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






16. Costume - semblance - pretense






17. Benign - well meaning






18. Versatile - facile






19. Fearful - fainthearted - pusillanimous






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






21. Elegant






22. Excusable - forgivable






23. Risk - hazard - peril






24. Enlarge - supplement - amplify






25. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy






26. Respect - admire - honor - revere






27. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick






28. Impenetrable - resistant - proof against






29. Mournful - dismal






30. Effortless - assured - poised - specious






31. Guide - tradition - model






32. Visit - stop over - brief stay






33. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly






34. Negligent - lax - slack - careless






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






36. Devote - dedicate - sanctify






37. Mediate - contemplate - daydream






38. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap






39. Conflagration - devastation - annihilation






40. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious






41. Blustery - tempestuous - implacable






42. Naive - artless - guileless - candid






43. Varied - manifold - heterogenous






44. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant






45. Rectify - correct - mitigate






46. Pressure - bully - intimidate - constrain






47. Objectionable - blameworthy - culpable - odious






48. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase






49. To relish - savor - back in - carouse






50. Impulse - incentive - spur