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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. ignoble - debasing - sheer






2. keen - fervent - gung ho - fervid






3. peccant - delinquent






4. ecumenical






5. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






6. abstemious - ascetic - somber






7. egg on






8. content






9. impart






10. chubby - rotund






11. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






12. espouse - proponent - backer






13. vex - harry






14. incongruity






15. habituate






16. latent - torpid - quiescent






17. botch - bollix up - klutz






18. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






19. showdown






20. etch - depict






21. uncouth - crass - lout






22. derogate - depreciate






23. surmise - speculate






24. chicanery






25. countenance - tolerate






26. vignette - raconteur






27. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






28. deduce






29. prim - coy - self-effacing - staid






30. pose - mannerism






31. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






32. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






33. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy






34. docket






35. barren - dour - dreary - drab






36. remission (of punishment)






37. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






38. harmonious






39. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






40. curt - terse






41. inveterate - perennial






42. expiate - penance






43. wheedle - inveigle






44. skirt






45. sedulous - assiduous






46. brazen - gauche - impertinent






47. collar - fathom






48. abrasion - enervation - diminution






49. exhort - admonish






50. elucidate - glib