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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.
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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. coalesce






2. antagonistic - inimical






3. surreptitious - furtive






4. prim - coy - self-effacing - staid






5. vignette - raconteur






6. remission (of punishment)






7. curt - terse






8. calamitous - somber






9. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






10. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian






11. countenance - tolerate






12. climax






13. supple - lithe - spry






14. vigilant - chary






15. outlandish - queer - eccentric






16. etch - depict






17. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent






18. elucidate - glib






19. ecumenical






20. unanimity - concord






21. inveterate - perennial






22. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti






23. apropos - germane






24. pivotal






25. stymie - quizzical






26. mainstay - bolster






27. bellicose - pugnacious






28. shelve - table






29. peevish - choleric - ornery - curmudgeon






30. squabble






31. genial - amiable






32. sedulous - assiduous






33. bowdlerizer - comstockery






34. bona fide - indubitable






35. misanthropic - sardonic - acerbic






36. pose - mannerism






37. barren - dour - dreary - drab






38. efface - excise






39. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






40. hardnosed






41. deduce






42. ostracize






43. loathe - abominate






44. derogate - depreciate






45. chubby - rotund






46. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






47. harmonious






48. humbug - mountebank






49. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






50. ignoble - debasing - sheer