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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. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti






2. awry - askance - derisively






3. divest oneself of






4. caviling - niggling - picayune






5. defer






6. mainstay - bolster






7. braggadocio






8. exonerate - exculpate






9. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy






10. ignoble - debasing - sheer






11. deduce






12. loathe - abominate






13. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






14. homogenize - acculturate






15. genial - amiable






16. shelve - table






17. substantiate






18. efface - excise






19. misanthropic - sardonic - acerbic






20. jocund - jovial - blase






21. etch - depict






22. incongruity






23. heretic - maverick - digress






24. acquiesce






25. curt - terse






26. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






27. content






28. skirt






29. frantic - perturbed - overwrought






30. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian






31. antagonistic - inimical






32. sedulous - assiduous






33. marshal - gussy up - accouter






34. asseverate - aver






35. amalgamation






36. vignette - raconteur






37. unanimity - concord






38. inveterate - perennial






39. insinuate






40. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






41. surreptitious - furtive






42. scofflaw - negligent - derelict






43. estrange






44. remission (of punishment)






45. countenance - tolerate






46. collar - fathom






47. bane - scourge






48. collude - quisling






49. habituate






50. impart