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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. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






2. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






3. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






4. mainstay - bolster






5. divest oneself of






6. pivotal






7. jocund - jovial - blase






8. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






9. bowdlerizer - comstockery






10. defer






11. prim - coy - self-effacing - staid






12. abrasion - enervation - diminution






13. keen - fervent - gung ho - fervid






14. apropos - germane






15. curt - terse






16. barren - dour - dreary - drab






17. wheedle - inveigle






18. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






19. collude - quisling






20. adjudicate






21. brazen - gauche - impertinent






22. outlandish - queer - eccentric






23. ostracize






24. habituate






25. magnify






26. etch - depict






27. discretionary - despotic - autocratic






28. chicanery






29. derogate - depreciate






30. peccant - delinquent






31. opulent






32. marshal - gussy up - accouter






33. espouse - proponent - backer






34. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian






35. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






36. shelve - table






37. kink - repudiate - abjure






38. dupe - cozen






39. docket






40. harmonious






41. astound - stupefy






42. loathe - abominate






43. braggadocio






44. ecumenical






45. haven






46. milieu






47. sedulous - assiduous






48. impromptu






49. dragoon - browbeat






50. bona fide - indubitable