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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. lavish - ample






2. treatise - sermon - colloquy






3. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






4. supple - lithe - spry






5. antagonistic - inimical






6. divest oneself of






7. opulent






8. bane - scourge






9. sedulous - assiduous






10. dragoon - browbeat






11. harmonious






12. diviner - soothsayer - prognosticate - presage






13. curt - terse






14. estrange






15. unanimity - concord






16. inveterate - perennial






17. deft






18. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






19. misanthropic - sardonic - acerbic






20. abrasion - enervation - diminution






21. humbug - mountebank






22. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






23. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






24. chubby - rotund






25. homogenize - acculturate






26. impart






27. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






28. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






29. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






30. haven






31. defer






32. remission (of punishment)






33. awry - askance - derisively






34. mainstay - bolster






35. insinuate






36. speculative






37. canon - gauge






38. chicanery






39. morose - downcast






40. deduce






41. ignoble - debasing - sheer






42. calamitous - somber






43. shelve - table






44. hardnosed






45. stunt






46. vex - harry






47. pious - reverent






48. frantic - perturbed - overwrought






49. impromptu






50. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent