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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. pivotal






2. misanthropic - sardonic - acerbic






3. hardnosed






4. wheedle - inveigle






5. bane - scourge






6. expiate - penance






7. mainstay - bolster






8. abstemious - ascetic - somber






9. ostracize






10. botch - bollix up - klutz






11. derogate - depreciate






12. deviant - atypical - incongruous






13. pious - reverent






14. curt - terse






15. docket






16. insinuate






17. vex - abash






18. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






19. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






20. etch - depict






21. perfunctory - slapdash






22. showdown






23. genial - amiable






24. prim - coy - self-effacing - staid






25. kink - repudiate - abjure






26. inveterate - perennial






27. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






28. exonerate - exculpate






29. apropos - germane






30. marshal - gussy up - accouter






31. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti






32. keen - fervent - gung ho - fervid






33. asseverate - aver






34. ignoble - debasing - sheer






35. chicanery






36. impart






37. stunt






38. chic - spruce






39. espouse - proponent - backer






40. diviner - soothsayer - prognosticate - presage






41. speculative






42. truncate






43. skirt






44. loathe - abominate






45. countenance - tolerate






46. collar - fathom






47. astound - stupefy






48. content






49. latent - torpid - quiescent






50. dragoon - browbeat