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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. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






2. vacillating






3. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






4. bereft - barren






5. collar - fathom






6. abstemious - ascetic - somber






7. dragoon - browbeat






8. chic - spruce






9. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






10. genial - amiable






11. marshal - gussy up - accouter






12. peevish - choleric - ornery - curmudgeon






13. dupe - cozen






14. prim - coy - self-effacing - staid






15. acquiesce






16. efface - excise






17. vignette - raconteur






18. misanthropic - sardonic - acerbic






19. peccant - delinquent






20. surreptitious - furtive






21. collude - quisling






22. pivotal






23. exonerate - exculpate






24. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






25. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






26. pious - reverent






27. egg on






28. perfunctory - slapdash






29. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent






30. lavish - ample






31. barren - dour - dreary - drab






32. skirt






33. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






34. impart






35. amenable - tractable






36. climax






37. espouse - proponent - backer






38. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






39. chicanery






40. deduce






41. frantic - perturbed - overwrought






42. inveterate - perennial






43. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






44. incongruity






45. awry - askance - derisively






46. asseverate - aver






47. hardnosed






48. etch - depict






49. speculative






50. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche