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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. countenance - tolerate






2. caviling - niggling - picayune






3. milieu






4. genial - amiable






5. sedulous - assiduous






6. dupe - cozen






7. divest oneself of






8. coalesce






9. insinuate






10. brazen - gauche - impertinent






11. jocund - jovial - blase






12. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent






13. asseverate - aver






14. hardnosed






15. collar - fathom






16. abstemious - ascetic - somber






17. exonerate - exculpate






18. keen - fervent - gung ho - fervid






19. climax






20. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






21. expiate - penance






22. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






23. rigorous - potent - draconian






24. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






25. magnify






26. espouse - proponent - backer






27. derogate - depreciate






28. haven






29. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian






30. apropos - germane






31. bellicose - pugnacious






32. misanthropic - sardonic - acerbic






33. defer






34. bowdlerizer - comstockery






35. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






36. bane - scourge






37. plausibility






38. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous






39. skirt






40. unanimity - concord






41. abrasion - enervation - diminution






42. egg on






43. ecumenical






44. vignette - raconteur






45. astound - stupefy






46. latent - torpid - quiescent






47. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






48. squabble






49. deft






50. marshal - gussy up - accouter