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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. squabble






2. elucidate - glib






3. barren - dour - dreary - drab






4. wheedle - inveigle






5. bowdlerizer - comstockery






6. plausibility






7. kink - repudiate - abjure






8. abstemious - ascetic - somber






9. acquiesce






10. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






11. pose - mannerism






12. marshal - gussy up - accouter






13. braggadocio






14. malediction - execration - imprecation






15. apropos - germane






16. hardnosed






17. exonerate - exculpate






18. sedulous - assiduous






19. substantiate






20. ignoble - debasing - sheer






21. dragoon - browbeat






22. unanimity - concord






23. brazen - gauche - impertinent






24. insinuate






25. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






26. botch - bollix up - klutz






27. perfunctory - slapdash






28. bane - scourge






29. bellicose - pugnacious






30. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






31. loathe - abominate






32. turmoil






33. derogate - depreciate






34. genial - amiable






35. divest oneself of






36. countenance - tolerate






37. pious - reverent






38. vex - abash






39. chic - spruce






40. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






41. diviner - soothsayer - prognosticate - presage






42. insipid






43. ostracize






44. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






45. canon - gauge






46. expiate - penance






47. impromptu






48. exhort - admonish






49. stymie - quizzical






50. mainstay - bolster