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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. apropos - germane






2. marshal - gussy up - accouter






3. defer






4. vacillating






5. botch - bollix up - klutz






6. etch - depict






7. showdown






8. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






9. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






10. hardnosed






11. mainstay - bolster






12. elucidate - glib






13. incongruity






14. turmoil






15. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






16. deviant - atypical - incongruous






17. efface - excise






18. insipid






19. peccant - delinquent






20. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent






21. skirt






22. pious - reverent






23. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






24. rigorous - potent - draconian






25. exonerate - exculpate






26. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






27. jocund - jovial - blase






28. treatise - sermon - colloquy






29. malediction - execration - imprecation






30. milieu






31. deduce






32. barren - dour - dreary - drab






33. astound - stupefy






34. kink - repudiate - abjure






35. chic - spruce






36. stymie - quizzical






37. homogenize - acculturate






38. squabble






39. dragoon - browbeat






40. latent - torpid - quiescent






41. wheedle - inveigle






42. abstemious - ascetic - somber






43. vex - harry






44. frantic - perturbed - overwrought






45. asseverate - aver






46. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






47. awry - askance - derisively






48. misanthropic - sardonic - acerbic






49. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






50. dupe - cozen