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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. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






2. deft






3. shelve - table






4. keen - fervent - gung ho - fervid






5. bellicose - pugnacious






6. insipid






7. bowdlerizer - comstockery






8. awry - askance - derisively






9. etch - depict






10. pose - mannerism






11. latent - torpid - quiescent






12. humbug - mountebank






13. treatise - sermon - colloquy






14. turmoil






15. uncouth - crass - lout






16. espouse - proponent - backer






17. brazen - gauche - impertinent






18. mainstay - bolster






19. abrasion - enervation - diminution






20. dupe - cozen






21. stunt






22. coalesce






23. marshal - gussy up - accouter






24. caviling - niggling - picayune






25. jocund - jovial - blase






26. countenance - tolerate






27. asseverate - aver






28. wheedle - inveigle






29. vacillating






30. efface - excise






31. outlandish - queer - eccentric






32. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






33. skirt






34. estrange






35. peccant - delinquent






36. magnify






37. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






38. defer






39. lavish - ample






40. impart






41. astound - stupefy






42. perfunctory - slapdash






43. insinuate






44. pivotal






45. collar - fathom






46. libel - aspersion






47. curt - terse






48. squabble






49. deviant - atypical - incongruous






50. peevish - choleric - ornery - curmudgeon