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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. showdown






2. etch - depict






3. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






4. latent - torpid - quiescent






5. antagonistic - inimical






6. barren - dour - dreary - drab






7. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






8. braggadocio






9. docket






10. egg on






11. outlandish - queer - eccentric






12. genial - amiable






13. coalesce






14. ecumenical






15. hardnosed






16. morose - downcast






17. vacillating






18. bellicose - pugnacious






19. impromptu






20. chic - spruce






21. deduce






22. adjudicate






23. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous






24. skirt






25. ignoble - debasing - sheer






26. caviling - niggling - picayune






27. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






28. exhort - admonish






29. plausibility






30. wheedle - inveigle






31. shelve - table






32. bereft - barren






33. substantiate






34. divest oneself of






35. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






36. stymie - quizzical






37. vignette - raconteur






38. espouse - proponent - backer






39. brazen - gauche - impertinent






40. keen - fervent - gung ho - fervid






41. erratic - spasmodic






42. impart






43. countenance - tolerate






44. surmise - speculate






45. jocund - jovial - blase






46. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti






47. rigorous - potent - draconian






48. chicanery






49. climax






50. dragoon - browbeat