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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. amalgamation






2. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






3. climax






4. keen - fervent - gung ho - fervid






5. elucidate - glib






6. bane - scourge






7. antagonistic - inimical






8. magnify






9. morose - downcast






10. caviling - niggling - picayune






11. dragoon - browbeat






12. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






13. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous






14. harmonious






15. jocund - jovial - blase






16. substantiate






17. marshal - gussy up - accouter






18. remission (of punishment)






19. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






20. humbug - mountebank






21. habituate






22. genial - amiable






23. content






24. pose - mannerism






25. dupe - cozen






26. discretionary - despotic - autocratic






27. turmoil






28. ecumenical






29. peccant - delinquent






30. stymie - quizzical






31. deduce






32. espouse - proponent - backer






33. asseverate - aver






34. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






35. chubby - rotund






36. showdown






37. treatise - sermon - colloquy






38. vigilant - chary






39. bellicose - pugnacious






40. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian






41. malediction - execration - imprecation






42. defer






43. expiate - penance






44. astound - stupefy






45. bereft - barren






46. impart






47. wheedle - inveigle






48. inveterate - perennial






49. barren - dour - dreary - drab






50. speculative