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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. docket






2. unanimity - concord






3. caviling - niggling - picayune






4. botch - bollix up - klutz






5. showdown






6. scofflaw - negligent - derelict






7. efface - excise






8. magnify






9. libel - aspersion






10. treatise - sermon - colloquy






11. vex - abash






12. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous






13. estrange






14. jocund - jovial - blase






15. deviant - atypical - incongruous






16. shelve - table






17. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






18. incongruity






19. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






20. plausibility






21. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy






22. erratic - spasmodic






23. awry - askance - derisively






24. antagonistic - inimical






25. opulent






26. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






27. remission (of punishment)






28. bereft - barren






29. peevish - choleric - ornery - curmudgeon






30. substantiate






31. habituate






32. pivotal






33. skirt






34. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti






35. expiate - penance






36. insinuate






37. supple - lithe - spry






38. vacillating






39. brazen - gauche - impertinent






40. abrasion - enervation - diminution






41. loathe - abominate






42. egg on






43. etch - depict






44. prim - coy - self-effacing - staid






45. latent - torpid - quiescent






46. bane - scourge






47. derogate - depreciate






48. impromptu






49. apropos - germane






50. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry