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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. outlandish - queer - eccentric






2. humbug - mountebank






3. discretionary - despotic - autocratic






4. botch - bollix up - klutz






5. magnify






6. asseverate - aver






7. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






8. loathe - abominate






9. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






10. exonerate - exculpate






11. genial - amiable






12. mainstay - bolster






13. insinuate






14. surmise - speculate






15. inveterate - perennial






16. deduce






17. homogenize - acculturate






18. insipid






19. jocund - jovial - blase






20. bane - scourge






21. caviling - niggling - picayune






22. braggadocio






23. abstemious - ascetic - somber






24. exhort - admonish






25. showdown






26. impromptu






27. peccant - delinquent






28. misanthropic - sardonic - acerbic






29. vex - harry






30. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy






31. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






32. vacillating






33. remission (of punishment)






34. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






35. uncouth - crass - lout






36. chubby - rotund






37. hardnosed






38. countenance - tolerate






39. latent - torpid - quiescent






40. chicanery






41. astound - stupefy






42. milieu






43. divest oneself of






44. wheedle - inveigle






45. brazen - gauche - impertinent






46. canon - gauge






47. vex - abash






48. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous






49. climax






50. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent