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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. vignette - raconteur






2. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






3. bane - scourge






4. dragoon - browbeat






5. humbug - mountebank






6. vigilant - chary






7. egg on






8. bellicose - pugnacious






9. heretic - maverick - digress






10. vex - harry






11. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






12. exhort - admonish






13. coalesce






14. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti






15. frantic - perturbed - overwrought






16. pose - mannerism






17. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






18. derogate - depreciate






19. etch - depict






20. erratic - spasmodic






21. showdown






22. countenance - tolerate






23. canon - gauge






24. caviling - niggling - picayune






25. defer






26. elucidate - glib






27. diviner - soothsayer - prognosticate - presage






28. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






29. vacillating






30. chic - spruce






31. climax






32. impart






33. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






34. milieu






35. apropos - germane






36. brazen - gauche - impertinent






37. insipid






38. kink - repudiate - abjure






39. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






40. sedulous - assiduous






41. remission (of punishment)






42. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






43. deviant - atypical - incongruous






44. perfunctory - slapdash






45. uncouth - crass - lout






46. deft






47. insinuate






48. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






49. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy






50. marshal - gussy up - accouter