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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. insinuate






2. amenable - tractable






3. peevish - choleric - ornery - curmudgeon






4. bowdlerizer - comstockery






5. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






6. botch - bollix up - klutz






7. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






8. collar - fathom






9. lavish - ample






10. dupe - cozen






11. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






12. peccant - delinquent






13. vex - harry






14. keen - fervent - gung ho - fervid






15. hardnosed






16. exonerate - exculpate






17. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy






18. vex - abash






19. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






20. stymie - quizzical






21. ostracize






22. loathe - abominate






23. showdown






24. scofflaw - negligent - derelict






25. canon - gauge






26. heretic - maverick - digress






27. caviling - niggling - picayune






28. surmise - speculate






29. exhort - admonish






30. astound - stupefy






31. substantiate






32. uncouth - crass - lout






33. derogate - depreciate






34. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






35. perfunctory - slapdash






36. speculative






37. etch - depict






38. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






39. egg on






40. marshal - gussy up - accouter






41. chubby - rotund






42. curt - terse






43. skirt






44. frantic - perturbed - overwrought






45. pious - reverent






46. docket






47. pose - mannerism






48. shelve - table






49. abstemious - ascetic - somber






50. impromptu