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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.
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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. libel - aspersion






2. plausibility






3. rigorous - potent - draconian






4. bona fide - indubitable






5. prim - coy - self-effacing - staid






6. deduce






7. chic - spruce






8. morose - downcast






9. calamitous - somber






10. abstemious - ascetic - somber






11. canon - gauge






12. insipid






13. mainstay - bolster






14. treatise - sermon - colloquy






15. curt - terse






16. dupe - cozen






17. chicanery






18. substantiate






19. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






20. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






21. espouse - proponent - backer






22. asseverate - aver






23. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






24. amalgamation






25. insinuate






26. vacillating






27. bane - scourge






28. scofflaw - negligent - derelict






29. impromptu






30. uncouth - crass - lout






31. divest oneself of






32. collar - fathom






33. countenance - tolerate






34. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






35. ostracize






36. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian






37. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






38. heretic - maverick - digress






39. peccant - delinquent






40. harmonious






41. impart






42. pivotal






43. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






44. docket






45. milieu






46. malediction - execration - imprecation






47. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






48. habituate






49. truncate






50. auspicious - salutary - salubrious