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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. exonerate - exculpate






2. expiate - penance






3. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






4. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






5. countenance - tolerate






6. shelve - table






7. collude - quisling






8. chubby - rotund






9. stymie - quizzical






10. amenable - tractable






11. climax






12. rigorous - potent - draconian






13. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian






14. remission (of punishment)






15. bane - scourge






16. coalesce






17. scofflaw - negligent - derelict






18. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






19. milieu






20. calamitous - somber






21. peccant - delinquent






22. abrasion - enervation - diminution






23. hardnosed






24. acquiesce






25. substantiate






26. skirt






27. astound - stupefy






28. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






29. caviling - niggling - picayune






30. heretic - maverick - digress






31. pose - mannerism






32. vex - harry






33. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






34. estrange






35. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






36. treatise - sermon - colloquy






37. asseverate - aver






38. magnify






39. bereft - barren






40. barren - dour - dreary - drab






41. braggadocio






42. morose - downcast






43. truncate






44. efface - excise






45. erratic - spasmodic






46. chic - spruce






47. discretionary - despotic - autocratic






48. egg on






49. supple - lithe - spry






50. lavish - ample