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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. supple - lithe - spry






2. inveterate - perennial






3. discretionary - despotic - autocratic






4. scofflaw - negligent - derelict






5. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






6. magnify






7. etch - depict






8. exhort - admonish






9. heretic - maverick - digress






10. bellicose - pugnacious






11. stunt






12. amenable - tractable






13. lavish - ample






14. egg on






15. peccant - delinquent






16. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






17. ignoble - debasing - sheer






18. substantiate






19. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy






20. milieu






21. awry - askance - derisively






22. chicanery






23. vigilant - chary






24. elucidate - glib






25. humbug - mountebank






26. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous






27. countenance - tolerate






28. impart






29. truncate






30. bowdlerizer - comstockery






31. remission (of punishment)






32. ecumenical






33. climax






34. divest oneself of






35. peevish - choleric - ornery - curmudgeon






36. incongruity






37. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti






38. homogenize - acculturate






39. outlandish - queer - eccentric






40. estrange






41. insinuate






42. bane - scourge






43. insipid






44. speculative






45. malediction - execration - imprecation






46. erratic - spasmodic






47. bereft - barren






48. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






49. ostracize






50. auspicious - salutary - salubrious