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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. Sooth - reassure - cheer up






2. Ill-timid - inconvenient - inappropriate - unsuitable






3. Station - organize






4. Sharp - spicy - piquant - caustic - racy






5. Malicious - wicked - sinister - malignant






6. Trivial - inconsequential - insignificant






7. Eerie - inexplicable






8. Sincere - real - genuine - heartfelt






9. Tumultuous - unruly - agitated






10. Discover - determine - establish






11. Turncoat - defector - heretic






12. Contaminate - pollute - sully






13. Universal cure - easy solution






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






15. Uproot - eradicate - wipe out - excise






16. Comfortable - ample - capacious






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 Shy - timid - bashful - unassertive - withdrawn - modest






18. Workable - practicable - viable






19. Continue - preserve - prolong indefinitely






20. Transmit - bestow - hand down






21. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance






22. Impregnable - impervious - immune






23. All-devouring - voracious






24. Devote - dedicate - sanctify






25. Mock - scorn - disparage - jeer at






26. Worried - nervous - fretful - jittery






27. Remove - cancel - expunge






28. Mournful - dismal






29. Lurk - slink - prowl






30. Decline - relinquish - forgo






31. Break up - dispel






32. Perceive - detect - distinguish






33. Bereaved






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






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






36. Bounded - measurable






37. Frugal - niggardly - penny-pinching - cheap






38. Quick - superficial - perfunctory






39. Retaliation - revenge - redistribution






40. Unproductive - inert - dormant






41. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly






42. Assertive - truculent - pugnacious






43. Achievement - fulfillment






44. Agree - concur - consent - accede






45. Attached - related - joined






46. Consent - concur - comply - assent






47. Infirm - broken-down - rickety - dilapidated






48. Spiteful - venomous - noxious - baneful - hateful






49. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine






50. Supple - adaptable - resilient