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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. curt - terse






2. haven






3. egg on






4. vacillating






5. bowdlerizer - comstockery






6. bereft - barren






7. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






8. surreptitious - furtive






9. ostracize






10. defer






11. bellicose - pugnacious






12. shelve - table






13. kink - repudiate - abjure






14. abrasion - enervation - diminution






15. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






16. scofflaw - negligent - derelict






17. uncouth - crass - lout






18. ignoble - debasing - sheer






19. chubby - rotund






20. pivotal






21. vignette - raconteur






22. habituate






23. docket






24. morose - downcast






25. coalesce






26. dupe - cozen






27. asseverate - aver






28. impart






29. botch - bollix up - klutz






30. derogate - depreciate






31. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






32. acquiesce






33. stymie - quizzical






34. milieu






35. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






36. mainstay - bolster






37. collar - fathom






38. exonerate - exculpate






39. dragoon - browbeat






40. vex - harry






41. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy






42. supple - lithe - spry






43. skirt






44. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






45. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






46. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






47. latent - torpid - quiescent






48. harmonious






49. remission (of punishment)






50. peccant - delinquent