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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. expiate - penance






2. vacillating






3. amalgamation






4. countenance - tolerate






5. milieu






6. caviling - niggling - picayune






7. lavish - ample






8. bane - scourge






9. stunt






10. hardnosed






11. espouse - proponent - backer






12. humbug - mountebank






13. scofflaw - negligent - derelict






14. magnify






15. coalesce






16. exonerate - exculpate






17. ecumenical






18. surreptitious - furtive






19. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






20. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent






21. truncate






22. morose - downcast






23. antagonistic - inimical






24. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






25. opulent






26. vex - harry






27. estrange






28. supple - lithe - spry






29. diviner - soothsayer - prognosticate - presage






30. canon - gauge






31. misanthropic - sardonic - acerbic






32. stymie - quizzical






33. skirt






34. squabble






35. treatise - sermon - colloquy






36. vex - abash






37. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






38. malediction - execration - imprecation






39. climax






40. egg on






41. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






42. botch - bollix up - klutz






43. rigorous - potent - draconian






44. substantiate






45. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






46. libel - aspersion






47. adjudicate






48. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






49. kink - repudiate - abjure






50. discretionary - despotic - autocratic