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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. hardnosed






2. efface - excise






3. vacillating






4. docket






5. exhort - admonish






6. chicanery






7. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






8. treatise - sermon - colloquy






9. perfunctory - slapdash






10. lavish - ample






11. derogate - depreciate






12. espouse - proponent - backer






13. mainstay - bolster






14. milieu






15. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






16. morose - downcast






17. pious - reverent






18. deft






19. collude - quisling






20. outlandish - queer - eccentric






21. unanimity - concord






22. calamitous - somber






23. countenance - tolerate






24. marshal - gussy up - accouter






25. shelve - table






26. pose - mannerism






27. frantic - perturbed - overwrought






28. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






29. brazen - gauche - impertinent






30. amenable - tractable






31. substantiate






32. misanthropic - sardonic - acerbic






33. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy






34. haven






35. chic - spruce






36. impromptu






37. defer






38. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






39. estrange






40. ecumenical






41. rigorous - potent - draconian






42. awry - askance - derisively






43. erratic - spasmodic






44. truncate






45. exonerate - exculpate






46. collar - fathom






47. coalesce






48. asseverate - aver






49. astound - stupefy






50. supple - lithe - spry