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Synonyms Test - 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. bane - scourge






2. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






3. humbug - mountebank






4. prim - coy - self-effacing - staid






5. dragoon - browbeat






6. rigorous - potent - draconian






7. substantiate






8. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






9. collude - quisling






10. exhort - admonish






11. vex - harry






12. unanimity - concord






13. morose - downcast






14. amalgamation






15. haven






16. truncate






17. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






18. etch - depict






19. amenable - tractable






20. plausibility






21. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






22. defer






23. awry - askance - derisively






24. remission (of punishment)






25. bona fide - indubitable






26. vacillating






27. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






28. heretic - maverick - digress






29. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






30. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






31. milieu






32. ostracize






33. peccant - delinquent






34. malediction - execration - imprecation






35. bowdlerizer - comstockery






36. sedulous - assiduous






37. showdown






38. incongruity






39. surreptitious - furtive






40. surmise - speculate






41. egg on






42. abrasion - enervation - diminution






43. stunt






44. outlandish - queer - eccentric






45. abstemious - ascetic - somber






46. content






47. insinuate






48. countenance - tolerate






49. docket






50. auspicious - salutary - salubrious