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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. canon - gauge






2. etch - depict






3. skirt






4. docket






5. impromptu






6. calamitous - somber






7. vex - harry






8. acquiesce






9. deft






10. deviant - atypical - incongruous






11. remission (of punishment)






12. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






13. espouse - proponent - backer






14. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






15. bellicose - pugnacious






16. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






17. exonerate - exculpate






18. bowdlerizer - comstockery






19. ecumenical






20. misanthropic - sardonic - acerbic






21. substantiate






22. bane - scourge






23. opulent






24. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent






25. squabble






26. kink - repudiate - abjure






27. frantic - perturbed - overwrought






28. divest oneself of






29. marshal - gussy up - accouter






30. shelve - table






31. treatise - sermon - colloquy






32. loathe - abominate






33. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






34. surmise - speculate






35. impart






36. humbug - mountebank






37. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian






38. perfunctory - slapdash






39. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






40. content






41. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






42. asseverate - aver






43. botch - bollix up - klutz






44. defer






45. countenance - tolerate






46. milieu






47. bona fide - indubitable






48. deduce






49. pious - reverent






50. awry - askance - derisively