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Synonyms Test - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. canon - gauge
arbitrate
criterion
abhor
abject
2. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent
culpable
circumvent
boisterous
arbitrary
3. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy
austere
deviate
dilapidated
abhor
4. caviling - niggling - picayune
denouncement
boisterous
captious
conjecture
5. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry
baffle
discriminate
agenda
criterion
6. deduce
construe
augment
captious
discourse
7. libel - aspersion
chronic
drastic
avarice
calumny
8. chicanery
atrophy
duplicity
conjecture
bravado
9. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying
dilatory
cantankerous
articulate
boisterous
10. amenable - tractable
docile
concise
cynical
augment
11. espouse - proponent - backer
desultory
delete
advocate
cantankerous
12. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy
allege
austere
attrition
caustic
13. braggadocio
astute
augment
bravado
disparage
14. asseverate - aver
devoid
agenda
abet
allege
15. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche
candid
copious
confrontation
banal
16. vex - abash
chagrin
defer
circuitous
boycott
17. squabble
bicker
brash
circumspect
divulge
18. wheedle - inveigle
desultory
askew
adjourn
cajole
19. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent
atrocity
allude
consummate
circumvent
20. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian
abdicate
bombastic
bizarre
chagrin
21. sedulous - assiduous
bleak
diligent
docile
badger
22. insinuate
allude
corroborate
banal
bizarre
23. opulent
cantankerous
affluent
abhor
deviate
24. marshal - gussy up - accouter
ambience
abhor
diligent
array
25. impart
augment
arbitrate
divulge
anecdote
26. collude - quisling
collaborate
adjourn
calumny
austere
27. docket
defect
agenda
delete
divulge
28. pivotal
crucial
censure
allege
bizarre
29. kink - repudiate - abjure
adjourn
dejected
defect
callous
30. adjudicate
cursory
arbitrate
array
allege
31. stymie - quizzical
bizarre
baffle
censure
austere
32. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti
cynical
connoisseur
ambience
banal
33. elucidate - glib
arbitrate
articulate
apprehend
desultory
34. surmise - speculate
abhor
conjecture
confrontation
astute
35. haven
asylum
abet
allude
abdicate
36. outlandish - queer - eccentric
dormant
advocate
abdicate
bizarre
37. incongruity
academic
anachronism
badger
construe
38. homogenize - acculturate
dire
austere
curtail
assimilate
39. bane - scourge
anecdote
blight
agile
agenda
40. perfunctory - slapdash
discomfit
cursory
captious
candid
41. collar - fathom
discourse
counsel
adverse
apprehend
42. abstemious - ascetic - somber
dilapidated
austere
chagrin
censure
43. supple - lithe - spry
adjourn
atrocity
divulge
agile
44. remission (of punishment)
abet
avarice
boisterous
amnesty
45. vignette - raconteur
benign
anecdote
conjecture
abstain
46. showdown
conjecture
abdicate
confrontation
cogent
47. unanimity - concord
conjecture
anachronism
consensus
bicker
48. exhort - admonish
abstain
bizarre
construe
counsel
49. heretic - maverick - digress
cantankerous
banal
advocate
deviate
50. surreptitious - furtive
duplicity
clandestine
delineate
blight