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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. collude - quisling






2. awry - askance - derisively






3. vex - abash






4. adjudicate






5. peccant - delinquent






6. outlandish - queer - eccentric






7. lavish - ample






8. treatise - sermon - colloquy






9. morose - downcast






10. impromptu






11. showdown






12. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian






13. wheedle - inveigle






14. unanimity - concord






15. ecumenical






16. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






17. derogate - depreciate






18. habituate






19. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






20. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent






21. espouse - proponent - backer






22. humbug - mountebank






23. pose - mannerism






24. supple - lithe - spry






25. exhort - admonish






26. skirt






27. chic - spruce






28. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti






29. pivotal






30. stymie - quizzical






31. insinuate






32. estrange






33. collar - fathom






34. kink - repudiate - abjure






35. caviling - niggling - picayune






36. barren - dour - dreary - drab






37. magnify






38. opulent






39. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






40. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






41. sedulous - assiduous






42. insipid






43. diviner - soothsayer - prognosticate - presage






44. surmise - speculate






45. abrasion - enervation - diminution






46. canon - gauge






47. divest oneself of






48. mainstay - bolster






49. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






50. milieu