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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. skirt






2. apropos - germane






3. efface - excise






4. insipid






5. stymie - quizzical






6. ostracize






7. vignette - raconteur






8. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous






9. elucidate - glib






10. bowdlerizer - comstockery






11. curt - terse






12. morose - downcast






13. awry - askance - derisively






14. climax






15. ignoble - debasing - sheer






16. substantiate






17. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






18. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






19. treatise - sermon - colloquy






20. asseverate - aver






21. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian






22. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






23. sedulous - assiduous






24. deduce






25. unanimity - concord






26. inveterate - perennial






27. genial - amiable






28. lavish - ample






29. brazen - gauche - impertinent






30. astound - stupefy






31. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti






32. opulent






33. divest oneself of






34. libel - aspersion






35. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






36. acquiesce






37. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






38. uncouth - crass - lout






39. loathe - abominate






40. hardnosed






41. derogate - depreciate






42. harmonious






43. deft






44. chic - spruce






45. vex - harry






46. milieu






47. vacillating






48. homogenize - acculturate






49. rigorous - potent - draconian






50. incongruity