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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.
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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. climax






2. calamitous - somber






3. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






4. exhort - admonish






5. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






6. frantic - perturbed - overwrought






7. espouse - proponent - backer






8. pivotal






9. genial - amiable






10. habituate






11. loathe - abominate






12. expiate - penance






13. malediction - execration - imprecation






14. ecumenical






15. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






16. abrasion - enervation - diminution






17. kink - repudiate - abjure






18. uncouth - crass - lout






19. pose - mannerism






20. peccant - delinquent






21. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






22. bowdlerizer - comstockery






23. stymie - quizzical






24. vex - harry






25. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






26. dupe - cozen






27. squabble






28. heretic - maverick - digress






29. erratic - spasmodic






30. turmoil






31. bellicose - pugnacious






32. speculative






33. chubby - rotund






34. keen - fervent - gung ho - fervid






35. magnify






36. insinuate






37. divest oneself of






38. discretionary - despotic - autocratic






39. showdown






40. plausibility






41. collude - quisling






42. ignoble - debasing - sheer






43. exonerate - exculpate






44. curt - terse






45. deduce






46. defer






47. morose - downcast






48. adjudicate






49. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






50. braggadocio