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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. braggadocio






2. plausibility






3. exhort - admonish






4. coalesce






5. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






6. espouse - proponent - backer






7. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






8. deft






9. vex - abash






10. derogate - depreciate






11. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






12. calamitous - somber






13. efface - excise






14. chubby - rotund






15. marshal - gussy up - accouter






16. ostracize






17. stunt






18. truncate






19. etch - depict






20. habituate






21. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






22. malediction - execration - imprecation






23. elucidate - glib






24. sedulous - assiduous






25. erratic - spasmodic






26. misanthropic - sardonic - acerbic






27. ecumenical






28. supple - lithe - spry






29. estrange






30. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent






31. ignoble - debasing - sheer






32. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






33. hardnosed






34. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






35. bowdlerizer - comstockery






36. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






37. amalgamation






38. mainstay - bolster






39. bereft - barren






40. egg on






41. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






42. libel - aspersion






43. turmoil






44. collude - quisling






45. shelve - table






46. lavish - ample






47. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






48. vacillating






49. defer






50. expiate - penance