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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. kink - repudiate - abjure






2. surmise - speculate






3. pose - mannerism






4. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






5. braggadocio






6. prim - coy - self-effacing - staid






7. bellicose - pugnacious






8. chic - spruce






9. habituate






10. deft






11. acquiesce






12. erratic - spasmodic






13. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






14. remission (of punishment)






15. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous






16. vex - abash






17. dragoon - browbeat






18. unanimity - concord






19. insipid






20. genial - amiable






21. divest oneself of






22. adjudicate






23. efface - excise






24. showdown






25. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






26. pivotal






27. magnify






28. bane - scourge






29. canon - gauge






30. brazen - gauche - impertinent






31. wheedle - inveigle






32. plausibility






33. egg on






34. squabble






35. countenance - tolerate






36. docket






37. etch - depict






38. peccant - delinquent






39. vignette - raconteur






40. ecumenical






41. awry - askance - derisively






42. amalgamation






43. chubby - rotund






44. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






45. sedulous - assiduous






46. exhort - admonish






47. mainstay - bolster






48. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






49. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






50. eschew - abstemious - ascetic