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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. prim - coy - self-effacing - staid






2. content






3. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






4. turmoil






5. outlandish - queer - eccentric






6. shelve - table






7. pose - mannerism






8. bane - scourge






9. exhort - admonish






10. antagonistic - inimical






11. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






12. docket






13. ecumenical






14. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






15. heretic - maverick - digress






16. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






17. remission (of punishment)






18. scofflaw - negligent - derelict






19. calamitous - somber






20. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






21. squabble






22. homogenize - acculturate






23. peccant - delinquent






24. erratic - spasmodic






25. bellicose - pugnacious






26. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous






27. uncouth - crass - lout






28. vex - abash






29. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






30. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






31. countenance - tolerate






32. perfunctory - slapdash






33. jocund - jovial - blase






34. marshal - gussy up - accouter






35. efface - excise






36. abrasion - enervation - diminution






37. treatise - sermon - colloquy






38. latent - torpid - quiescent






39. climax






40. rigorous - potent - draconian






41. dupe - cozen






42. expiate - penance






43. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






44. magnify






45. habituate






46. pious - reverent






47. loathe - abominate






48. acquiesce






49. deviant - atypical - incongruous






50. unanimity - concord