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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. Anarchy - turmoil - pandemonium






2. Remove - cancel - expunge






3. Negligent - lax - slack - careless






4. Contaminate - pollute - sully






5. Painstaking - meticulous - conscientious






6. Respect - admire - honor - revere






7. Guide - tradition - model






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






9. Fraud - double dealing - chicanery






10. Impregnable - impervious - immune






11. Discover - determine - establish






12. Revert - degenerate - decline






13. Ruse - stratagem - contrivance






14. Enlarge - supplement - amplify






15. Confusion - dilemma - predicament






16. Leniency - forbearance - gentleness - mercy - mildness






17. Smother - stifle - neutralize - negate






18. Rectify - correct - mitigate






19. Grand - magnificent - imposing






20. Preclude - forestall - ward off






21. Glorify - applaud - acclaim - hail






22. Persuasive - compelling






23. Surviving - in existence






24. Snobbish - patronizing - overbearing






25. Detest - despise - abominate






26. Carefully - prudently - gingerly






27. Attached - related - joined






28. Impulse - incentive - spur






29. Consent - concur - comply - assent






30. Rich - lavish - plentiful - abundant






31. Gallant - civil - valiant - knightly






32. Commence - launch - begin - board






33. Subdue - crush - stifle - squelch - quash - silence






34. Composed - unruffled - indifferent - blase






35. Wise - all-knowing






36. Modify - improve - correct






37. Sooth - reassure - cheer up






38. Preplanned - rehearsed - calculated - prearranged






39. Benign - well meaning






40. Harsh - bleak - forbidding - saturnine






41. Decrease - passing away






42. Sloppy - disheveled - disordered - rough






43. Disagreement - divergence - inconsistency






44. Wanting - devoid - impoverished - penniless






45. Agree - concur - consent - accede






46. Effortless - assured - poised - specious






47. Annoy - pester - bedevil - beleauger






48. Apex - acme - summit - apogee






49. Blustery - tempestuous - implacable






50. Antiquated - hackneyed