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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. loathe - abominate






2. vex - harry






3. genial - amiable






4. etch - depict






5. divest oneself of






6. chubby - rotund






7. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






8. astound - stupefy






9. vignette - raconteur






10. bona fide - indubitable






11. frantic - perturbed - overwrought






12. stunt






13. scofflaw - negligent - derelict






14. diviner - soothsayer - prognosticate - presage






15. malediction - execration - imprecation






16. perfunctory - slapdash






17. kink - repudiate - abjure






18. canon - gauge






19. shelve - table






20. collude - quisling






21. egg on






22. humbug - mountebank






23. bane - scourge






24. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






25. haven






26. harmonious






27. sedulous - assiduous






28. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






29. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous






30. truncate






31. chicanery






32. unanimity - concord






33. elucidate - glib






34. abstemious - ascetic - somber






35. inveterate - perennial






36. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






37. treatise - sermon - colloquy






38. insipid






39. remission (of punishment)






40. ignoble - debasing - sheer






41. amalgamation






42. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti






43. deduce






44. speculative






45. expiate - penance






46. insinuate






47. impart






48. erratic - spasmodic






49. antagonistic - inimical






50. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy