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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. chic - spruce






2. espouse - proponent - backer






3. abrasion - enervation - diminution






4. discretionary - despotic - autocratic






5. asseverate - aver






6. shelve - table






7. heretic - maverick - digress






8. curt - terse






9. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






10. peevish - choleric - ornery - curmudgeon






11. incongruity






12. dupe - cozen






13. astound - stupefy






14. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






15. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






16. botch - bollix up - klutz






17. sedulous - assiduous






18. perfunctory - slapdash






19. misanthropic - sardonic - acerbic






20. speculative






21. ostracize






22. remission (of punishment)






23. malediction - execration - imprecation






24. vignette - raconteur






25. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy






26. exhort - admonish






27. unanimity - concord






28. vex - harry






29. content






30. vigilant - chary






31. chubby - rotund






32. humbug - mountebank






33. squabble






34. surreptitious - furtive






35. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






36. defer






37. insipid






38. impromptu






39. deviant - atypical - incongruous






40. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






41. bowdlerizer - comstockery






42. collude - quisling






43. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian






44. morose - downcast






45. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






46. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






47. magnify






48. latent - torpid - quiescent






49. surmise - speculate






50. substantiate