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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. impart






2. milieu






3. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






4. bereft - barren






5. scofflaw - negligent - derelict






6. astound - stupefy






7. showdown






8. deft






9. morose - downcast






10. bane - scourge






11. exonerate - exculpate






12. divest oneself of






13. elucidate - glib






14. vex - harry






15. incongruity






16. dragoon - browbeat






17. surreptitious - furtive






18. amalgamation






19. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






20. dupe - cozen






21. humbug - mountebank






22. insinuate






23. derogate - depreciate






24. skirt






25. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous






26. truncate






27. pivotal






28. apropos - germane






29. shelve - table






30. awry - askance - derisively






31. canon - gauge






32. remission (of punishment)






33. brazen - gauche - impertinent






34. bellicose - pugnacious






35. adjudicate






36. acquiesce






37. outlandish - queer - eccentric






38. barren - dour - dreary - drab






39. peccant - delinquent






40. expiate - penance






41. pose - mannerism






42. squabble






43. keen - fervent - gung ho - fervid






44. climax






45. collude - quisling






46. habituate






47. impromptu






48. vignette - raconteur






49. mainstay - bolster






50. bona fide - indubitable