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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. egg on






2. curt - terse






3. peccant - delinquent






4. bowdlerizer - comstockery






5. surreptitious - furtive






6. estrange






7. habituate






8. hardnosed






9. dupe - cozen






10. marshal - gussy up - accouter






11. inveterate - perennial






12. abrasion - enervation - diminution






13. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous






14. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






15. deviant - atypical - incongruous






16. harmonious






17. keen - fervent - gung ho - fervid






18. scofflaw - negligent - derelict






19. braggadocio






20. chicanery






21. insinuate






22. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






23. rigorous - potent - draconian






24. outlandish - queer - eccentric






25. truncate






26. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti






27. insipid






28. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






29. sedulous - assiduous






30. etch - depict






31. perfunctory - slapdash






32. remission (of punishment)






33. stymie - quizzical






34. squabble






35. calamitous - somber






36. plausibility






37. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






38. espouse - proponent - backer






39. misanthropic - sardonic - acerbic






40. loathe - abominate






41. genial - amiable






42. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent






43. lavish - ample






44. collar - fathom






45. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






46. bereft - barren






47. coalesce






48. magnify






49. humbug - mountebank






50. surmise - speculate