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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. plausibility






2. heretic - maverick - digress






3. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






4. countenance - tolerate






5. ostracize






6. treatise - sermon - colloquy






7. libel - aspersion






8. erratic - spasmodic






9. vex - harry






10. wheedle - inveigle






11. chubby - rotund






12. sedulous - assiduous






13. pose - mannerism






14. showdown






15. skirt






16. unanimity - concord






17. insinuate






18. harmonious






19. climax






20. vacillating






21. egg on






22. incongruity






23. bellicose - pugnacious






24. shelve - table






25. calamitous - somber






26. prim - coy - self-effacing - staid






27. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






28. habituate






29. deduce






30. espouse - proponent - backer






31. exonerate - exculpate






32. abrasion - enervation - diminution






33. magnify






34. keen - fervent - gung ho - fervid






35. bona fide - indubitable






36. milieu






37. elucidate - glib






38. deviant - atypical - incongruous






39. lavish - ample






40. curt - terse






41. humbug - mountebank






42. stunt






43. surmise - speculate






44. ecumenical






45. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy






46. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






47. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






48. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






49. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






50. dragoon - browbeat