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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. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated






2. Carefully - prudently - gingerly






3. Cunning - underhanded - perfidious






4. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely






5. Meet - unite - intersect - merge






6. Impulse - incentive - spur






7. Unerring - certain - free from error






8. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated






9. Antiquated - hackneyed






10. Swing - shake






11. Enlarge - supplement - amplify






12. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine






13. Apex - acme - summit - apogee






14. Attached - related - joined






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






16. Elegant






17. Preclude - forestall - ward off






18. Station - organize






19. Fastidious - painstaking - fussy






20. Commence - launch - begin - board






21. Benign - well meaning






22. Unbeatable - invincible - unyielding






23. Rashness - boldness - recklessness - foolhardiness - effrontery






24. Restate - rehash - recapitulate






25. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate






26. Discover - determine - establish






27. Universal cure - easy solution






28. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt






29. Indifference - disinterest - detachment






30. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly






31. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution






32. Risk - hazard - peril






33. Sophisticated - urbane -polished






34. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless






35. Applaud - entrust






36. Comfortable - ample - capacious






37. Detest - despise - abominate






38. Disincline - loath






39. Naive - artless - guileless - candid






40. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance






41. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at






42. Costume - semblance - pretense






43. Provisional - inconclusive






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






45. Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest






46. Clever - deft - dexterous - slick






47. Supple - adaptable - resilient






48. Sardonic - wry - incongruous - satiric






49. Clue - indication - inkling






50. Sooth - reassure - cheer up