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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. canon - gauge






2. chicanery






3. prim - coy - self-effacing - staid






4. unanimity - concord






5. ignoble - debasing - sheer






6. habituate






7. heretic - maverick - digress






8. stunt






9. vacillating






10. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






11. elucidate - glib






12. espouse - proponent - backer






13. insipid






14. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy






15. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






16. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






17. chic - spruce






18. opulent






19. derogate - depreciate






20. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






21. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent






22. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






23. amalgamation






24. etch - depict






25. turmoil






26. rigorous - potent - draconian






27. dupe - cozen






28. mainstay - bolster






29. milieu






30. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti






31. brazen - gauche - impertinent






32. ecumenical






33. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






34. skirt






35. vex - abash






36. wheedle - inveigle






37. showdown






38. pivotal






39. harmonious






40. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous






41. peccant - delinquent






42. vignette - raconteur






43. barren - dour - dreary - drab






44. pious - reverent






45. scofflaw - negligent - derelict






46. abrasion - enervation - diminution






47. impart






48. caviling - niggling - picayune






49. frantic - perturbed - overwrought






50. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy