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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. erratic - spasmodic






2. abrasion - enervation - diminution






3. calamitous - somber






4. espouse - proponent - backer






5. discretionary - despotic - autocratic






6. deduce






7. surreptitious - furtive






8. exonerate - exculpate






9. frantic - perturbed - overwrought






10. barren - dour - dreary - drab






11. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






12. astound - stupefy






13. chic - spruce






14. abstemious - ascetic - somber






15. botch - bollix up - klutz






16. ignoble - debasing - sheer






17. amalgamation






18. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






19. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






20. dupe - cozen






21. caviling - niggling - picayune






22. awry - askance - derisively






23. outlandish - queer - eccentric






24. vex - abash






25. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent






26. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






27. adjudicate






28. bowdlerizer - comstockery






29. incongruity






30. misanthropic - sardonic - acerbic






31. defer






32. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy






33. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian






34. latent - torpid - quiescent






35. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






36. shelve - table






37. humbug - mountebank






38. remission (of punishment)






39. hardnosed






40. brazen - gauche - impertinent






41. magnify






42. wheedle - inveigle






43. turmoil






44. impart






45. truncate






46. sedulous - assiduous






47. haven






48. vigilant - chary






49. insipid






50. docket