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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. defer






2. frantic - perturbed - overwrought






3. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






4. surmise - speculate






5. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian






6. pious - reverent






7. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






8. espouse - proponent - backer






9. asseverate - aver






10. squabble






11. elucidate - glib






12. keen - fervent - gung ho - fervid






13. deviant - atypical - incongruous






14. diviner - soothsayer - prognosticate - presage






15. astound - stupefy






16. peccant - delinquent






17. calamitous - somber






18. content






19. vignette - raconteur






20. acquiesce






21. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti






22. curt - terse






23. peevish - choleric - ornery - curmudgeon






24. pose - mannerism






25. chic - spruce






26. wheedle - inveigle






27. magnify






28. derogate - depreciate






29. barren - dour - dreary - drab






30. homogenize - acculturate






31. bane - scourge






32. vigilant - chary






33. brazen - gauche - impertinent






34. ecumenical






35. latent - torpid - quiescent






36. antagonistic - inimical






37. collar - fathom






38. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






39. inveterate - perennial






40. habituate






41. awry - askance - derisively






42. libel - aspersion






43. bona fide - indubitable






44. vex - abash






45. lavish - ample






46. coalesce






47. canon - gauge






48. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






49. docket






50. collude - quisling