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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. bowdlerizer - comstockery






2. inveterate - perennial






3. deft






4. curt - terse






5. plausibility






6. perfunctory - slapdash






7. etch - depict






8. marshal - gussy up - accouter






9. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






10. discretionary - despotic - autocratic






11. erratic - spasmodic






12. collude - quisling






13. surreptitious - furtive






14. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






15. dragoon - browbeat






16. amenable - tractable






17. chicanery






18. impart






19. antagonistic - inimical






20. collar - fathom






21. stunt






22. defer






23. asseverate - aver






24. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






25. truncate






26. egg on






27. shelve - table






28. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






29. malediction - execration - imprecation






30. latent - torpid - quiescent






31. stymie - quizzical






32. lavish - ample






33. remission (of punishment)






34. bane - scourge






35. dupe - cozen






36. abstemious - ascetic - somber






37. apropos - germane






38. espouse - proponent - backer






39. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






40. speculative






41. homogenize - acculturate






42. peevish - choleric - ornery - curmudgeon






43. libel - aspersion






44. jocund - jovial - blase






45. vigilant - chary






46. deduce






47. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous






48. divest oneself of






49. derogate - depreciate






50. treatise - sermon - colloquy